Two days before the start of the biggest statistical operation, tension rose again in the State Census Commission. Some representatives of the Albanian and Turkish communities have been questioning for two days now the provision of the census law, according to which, citizens who have lived out of the country for more than 12 months should not be included in the total number of residents.

At the Monday meeting of the Commission which lasted until 2 in the morning, a fierce debate was conducted over whether those who have been away for more than a year should be encompassed by the census or not. Even after a few hours of heated debate, agreement was not reached and a follow-up was scheduled for the following day.

The members of the Commission that disputed the ethnic composition of the census teams a few months ago are now complaining again.