The General Secretary of the PCP considered on Tuesday that an extreme increase in old -age pensions by ten euros is nothing more than a “government propaganda operation”, which does not restore the purchasing power of pensioners and pensioners.
“The propaganda operation of the government around the social consequences of an extraordinary increase of 10 euros, which we saw, contradicts the simple observation for increasing the price of a gas cylinder of 10 euros. That is, if they received it, the money would have already gone, because in the meantime the price of a gas cylinder has risen,” said Jeronimo de Sausay in Setúbal.
“And that’s why you don’t see the joy of the government in that [os reformados e pensionistas] They are accompanied by raising pensions and pensions, ”added the leader of the Communists, speaking to dozens of supporters at a meeting with organizations of pensioners and pensioners in the Setubal area.
According to Heronimo de Souza, the government uses an extreme increase by 10 euros, which begins to be paid this month retroactively in relation to January, for the aforementioned “propaganda operation, which continues with the announcement of 2023 on raising pensions, which the government presents as a historical “.
The Communist leader also believed that the increase declared by the PS government is only “in order to mislead a refusal to conduct an extraordinary minimum increase in pensions and pensions by 20 euros” in 2022, as proposed by Murpi, the national confederation of pensioners, pensioners and the National Confederation of Pensioners, and pensioners. Elderly.
In addition to anxiety about the loss of purchasing power of pensioners and pensioners, Heronimo de Souza was also worried about the degradation of public services, social functions of the state and, above all, about the progressive degradation of SNS (National Sauda Service). But he guaranteed that the PCP will be on the side of the struggle of pensioners and pensioners.
“Those who think it will be so easy are wrong, because they will face the struggle of pensioners and pensioners, and the PKP is fighting on their side. We have a political structure in which, in addition to the vast majority of PS, it is marked by the constant promotion of projects of reactionary forces – PSD, CDS, Chega and IL – with emphasis on the attack on the social functions of the state, ”said Cheronimo de Souza.
Convinced that “the country has resources, it has means to solve structural shortcomings and serious social problems of decades of right -wing policy”, Heronimo de Souza promised the commitment of the Communists in the struggle for a new direction for the country and improving the living conditions of pensioners and pensioners.
The Communist Leader also guaranteed the determination of the PCP in the struggle for “creating at least 80,000 vacancies in residential buildings to support the elderly in the short term – which corresponds to the creation of 20,000 vacancies per year – and in expanding the network of houses.”
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
