The initiative is currently being studied by the BPS council director, Araceli Desiderio, and proposes an annual payment for all BPS liabilities and the military and police funds.
Town meeting proposed to increase pensions and retirement benefits through “Christmas bonus for retirees”, in the middle of the electoral campaign and with the background scenario in which the social security reform receives criticism while the government coalition tries to stop the approval of the plebiscite promoted by the PIT-CNT.
The project was prepared by council leaders grouped in the group Federal Star, led by the deputy Silvana Perez Bonavitaand consists of paying “an annual bonus to all retirees and pensioners” —both from the Social Security Bank (BPS) as well as from the military and police coffers—in a measure that would be “historic,” according to the weekly Búsqueda, based on party sources.
One of the reasons for promoting the payment of a fixed bonus that would be financed by General Revenue, It is to give a greater benefit to lower-income retirees “in the face of the rise in the cost of living”; but it also seeks to be a response to an “unpostponable” claim and a historical vindication of the National Organization of Associations of Retirees and Pensioners of Uruguay (Onajpu).
It is worth remembering that the Christmas bonus for retirees and pensioners was in effect until the last military dictatorship, when that right was taken away from them.
The project is already being studied by the team of advisors of Araceli Desiderio, Director of the BPS representing Town meeting. If her party’s initiative is “viable”, the director will present it to the board of directors, legal counsel and other services of the organization, she said.
Another council project that according to the council leader communicated Mercedes De Camilli It is already “half baked” refers to “the equalisation of salaries between the military and the police”.
Open Town Hall and the debt restructuring plebiscite
After that the banks and the administrators credit institutions will present the “Voluntary Debt Restructuring Program”, a tool that seeks to regularize the credit situation of up to 780,000 debtorsthe continuity of the plebiscite promoted by Town meeting was called into question.
On the one hand, Manini Ríos celebrated the measure on social media, but also assured that the political force will continue with its own initiative since “there is still a long way to go to end usury.” In addition, he explained that the measure does not include the debts of the Hipotecary Banc. “The debts with the State are tremendous, it is often the greatest representative of usury. That is why we will continue forward,” he said.
Source: Ambito
