With just over a week to go before the day (October 10) when the government will present to Parliament the proposal for next year’s state budget (OE2024), the opposition is multiplying the presentation of projects with budgetary implications.
This Sunday, the PCP proposed a 7.5% increase in reforms and pensions by 2024, with a minimum update of 70 euros per pensioner, with the communist Secretary General calling for the mobilization of these citizens to put pressure on the government. ‘We have moved forward with the idea of a 7.5% increase in all reforms and pensions [em 2024], with a minimum increase of 70 euros for each pension and pension. This in itself does not solve the entire problem, but it is a decisive contribution to the recovery of purchasing power,” defended Paulo Raimundo, speaking to journalists on the sidelines of his visit to the Watch Fair in Lisbon.
“Sometimes [o Governo] it gives way, it is halfway, it is insufficient, it is late, but it gives way. Our hope is this: at the same time that we present the proposal in the Assembly of the Republic, that pensioners and pensioners will accept it as their property and mobilize around it, because, if they mobilize, the government will have to give in. “
In addition to this proposal, the PCP bank – and in connection with the International Day of the Older Persons, marked this Sunday – has announced a second bill aimed at “guaranteeing the right of employees aged 40 or over to receive discounts” in order to benefit from choosing a pension “without any penalty or reduction, regardless of age.”
Asked about his expectations that these proposals could be approved during the discussion of the 2024 state budget, Raimundo emphasized that “recent times have shown” that “when there is pressure, mobilization and involvement of the population and those affected, the government in .” ‘Sometimes it gives way, it comes halfway, it is insufficient, it is late, but it gives way. Our hope is this: that at the same time we present the proposal in the Assembly of the Republic, that retirees and pensioners adopt it as their own country and those around it mobilize, because if they mobilize, the government will have to give in,” he called out.
On Saturday it was the PSD that, through the party chairman himself, Luís Montenegro, put forward the idea of payment in stages over five years of teacher time, with 20% allocated each year.
“The proposal is very fair, the position of the PSD is hypocritical, because when it could have approved the proposal, when there were votes in the Assembly of the Republic to be consistent and approve the proposal, the PSD did not approved. .”
The leader of the Social Democrats said that in this matter he will ask the Technical Budget Support Unit (UTAO) and the Public Finance Council to calculate the exact budgetary impact of recovering service time. But he added that, after listening to teacher representatives, “an impact of 250 to 300 million euros can be estimated”. For teachers, the PSD also proposes the deduction, in IRS terms, of the expenses of those who are more than 70 kilometers from their place of residence, which is “compatible with rigorous management of resources”. “We do not mind that the government can make this its own proposal,” Montenegro further stated.
In response to this proposal, Left Bloc leader Mariana Mortágua this Sunday even described it as “fair.” However, he also considered her “hypocritical.” “The proposal is very fair, the position of the PSD is hypocritical, because when it could have approved the proposal, when there were votes in the Assembly of the Republic to be consistent and approve the proposal, the PSD did not approved. ” he emphasized.
At the same time, the Left Bloc put forward a proposal to increase the national minimum wage (SMN) from the current 760 euros to 900 euros in 2024 (the government determined that the increase will go to 810 euros). The proposal came from a meeting of the National Council of BE, the highest body between the congresses, which took place in Lisbon.
The proposal will not be discussed in the state budget, but could have consequences in this context. The Prime Minister has already guaranteed that anyone earning income from the SMN will not have to pay IRS in 2024. This, if confirmed, will be achieved by changing the so-called “minimum existence” – that is, by changing the IRS tables via OE2024.
Source: DN
