“There is no savings logic here. Here the concern was to guarantee the same income and the same value [em 2023 e que decorre do aumento das pensões prevista na fórmula legal]said Ana Mendes Godinho at a joint press conference to elaborate the family income support package to mitigate the effects of inflation, estimated at 2,400 million euros in terms of impact on spending, approved this Monday by the Council of Ministers.
Ana Mendes Godinho responded to a question about criticism from opposition parties who have classified the government’s proposed solution to increase pensioners’ incomes as “illusion”, stressing that they will face harm in 2024 based on this solution.
The Labor Minister declined to criticize, stating that “no one can rigorously make a calculation for 2024 with safe assumptions”, underlining: “What we have at the moment [é] established a committee of experts dedicated to assessing social security sustainability and diversifying social security funding sources” and that “the following values will be evaluated at this headquarters, namely by 2024”, always with the take care not to place the system.
“During 2023, we will assess the evolution of the situation, be it inflation or employment,” he said, stating that what the government has been doing is “always taking solid steps and not endangering the present and future of the economy.” brings. […] collective system”
The support package includes the payment of half-pension (for pensions up to 12 IAS) already in October, to which an update of pensions will be added in early 2023, which will fluctuate between 4.43% and 3.53%. depending on the pension amount.
This update is part of a bill sent by the government to the Assembly of the Republic and reflects a lower percentage than the one resulting from the formula provided for in the law — which has been criticized, with the opposition stating that the basis of the reform of the increase in 2024 will therefore be lower.
With the government-designed solution, retirees (between October 2022 and the year 2023) will receive the same amount they would if they had the update resulting from the legal formula in January.
Source: DN
