The PS parliamentary group has tabled a proposal in parliament to shield the government’s exceptional support to deal with the effects of inflation and prevent it from being seized.
As reported this Wednesday by Público and Negócios, this concerns support of 125 euros per person with a gross income of up to 2,700 euros, of 50 euros per dependent and the exceptional supplement for pensioners of half of the pension received in 2022 for all those who have pensions up to 12 times the value of the social support index.
Público quotes Socialist deputy Miguel Cabrita and writes that the aim of the PS is to ensure that “support reaches the people fully”.
This exceptional aid protection scheme also applies to families who have made commitments to: “protect the situation of the most socially vulnerable”explains the deputy.
It also says the PS group’s proposed amendment goes “beyond the existing legal regime” which protects those who have been seized because it makes this support elusive.
Negócios explains that the regulation of the measures, published earlier this month, provided that only aid of 125 and 50 euros is safe from seizures, and only from the tax authorities or social security, which prevents the blocking of amounts due to debts to others. to prevent. creditors or blocking pension supplements.
The Socialists will submit two more proposals to change government laws to mitigate the effects of inflation, one of which restores the measure applied during the pandemic period and allows the refund without penalty of PPR, PBM and PPR/E due to isolation. made possible. , family assistance, ‘laying off’, unemployment or reduction in the economic activity of the self-employed, as well as deferment of rent payment.
The other, according to the newspaper Público, guarantees that “the tax benefit included in the extraordinary rent support does not benefit landlords who, after agreeing to a rent adjustment rule that differs from the additional legislation, increase the value of the property to be rented in 2023. collect rents as a percentage higher than the discount coefficient”, which was limited by the government to a ceiling of 2%.
Source: DN
