Government measures are “patches” in the pockets of the Portuguese, says Fesap

The Federation of Unions for Public Administration and Organizations for Public Purposes (Fesap) said on Tuesday that the measures presented by the government to mitigate the effects of inflation are “patches” in the pockets of the Portuguese.

Fesap said in a statement that the income support package to mitigate the effects of inflation, “pompously announced by the government on Monday, September 5, cannot be qualified as more than just ‘patches’ in the pockets of the population.” Portuguese”.

“Without saying a word about the change in the wages of workers in general and, in particular, employees of the public administration, contrary to the popular idea that this intends to bring predictability to the lives of the Portuguese, the government unveiled a series of palliative measures. measures that only “relieve the pain” caused by the runaway price of goods and services, especially serious is the fact that the government is disguising as a “bonus” what in practice will be a reduction in the cost of pensions due from 2024″, Fesap pointed out in the same note.