”As Aníbal Fernández would say, it seems to me that it is a sensation like that.”De los Heros pointed out, drawing a parallel with the famous and controversial phrase of the politician in 2006, when he spoke about insecurity while he was Minister of the Interior in the government of Néstor Kirchner.
In turn, he took the opportunity to praise Milei and criticize the opposition, who claim that the president is “cruel” to that sector of society: “On the contrary, Cruel were they who generated 250% inflation, they caused retirees to lose 40% of their purchasing power. They create an illusion, we are realistic. Milei won by telling the truth”.
His statements came after being consulted about the impact of the chainsaw on retirees, to which he added: ”Reality has nothing to do with that, Anses’ spending represents 45% of the total spending of the 2025 Budget. 15% higher than in 2023; then clearly There is a social responsibility and sensitivity of the Government that is expressed in numbers.
”The mobility law that we passed in April, in reality, what it did was stop the fall and adjust retirements and pensions monthly according to the inflation index. In fact, the year is going to end with a real, not fictitious, increase of 11% and an increase of 4% is projected next year,” he indicated on Radio Miter.
In addition, he referred to a crisis in the Argentine Integrated Pension System: ”The first news, which is not little, is that (the retirees) are not going to continue losing. It is undeniable that they have a situation like in all of Argentina. We are bad, we are in an emergency that this government did not generate. It has a long history, it comes from 20 years ago, We have a broken pension regime that has deepened”, he expressed.
He also added that they can tell retirees that “we stopped falling and we are starting to get up.” Is it enough? No. That is why the Government is generating the macroeconomic bases to return to the path of growth and development of the economy, which is the only way to guarantee a sustainable pension and assistance system, because everything else has been a product of the fantasy generated by inflation”.
The head of Anses referred to the $70,000 bonus for retirees
De los Heros confirmed that The bonus that retirees receive ($70,000) will remain in force during 2025 without changeswhich is why the additional – which has not been updated since March – It will continue to liquidate every month due to the advance of inflation.
”The bonus is like a crutch. The ideal is that the economic growth and development of the country allows for a genuine increase that also benefits not only those who earn the minimum. To the extent that we can get out of the situation we are in, the country will have greater resources. When wealth is generated, we will see how we can allocate extra resources and retirees will surely be a priority”, he asserted.
Furthermore, he clarified that the Government will not renew the provisional moratorium, and finally outlined a possibility of carrying out a new retirement reform where the retirement age would be reviewed: ”In the point 9 of the May Pact A pension reform is planned within the framework of a reform that Argentina owes because the system is bankrupt and because the reality of the world of work has changed. Many variables must be considered, including retirement age. But it cannot be evaluated in isolation. “We have to stop patching the system because it ends up breaking.”
Source: Ambito
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