The issue of the abolition of the 12% penalty on pensions was discussed on Friday with the President of DIKO Nikolas Papadopoulos, a delegation of the Initiative Group, which represents 19 organizations representing salaried workers, pensioners, farmers, small and medium-sized enterprises, young people, women and in general all the spectrum of TKA insured persons.
According to a statement by EKYSY, "the President of DIKO clearly expressed his disagreement with the positions of the Initiative Group", while he "expressed agreement and identification of views with the positions of the Minister of Labor that based on the mathematical operations it could not be imposed the reduction of 12% after the age of 81 of the insured persons» and "he also referred to an increase in the retirement age to 67 or 68, which he claims will be inevitable".
In the EKYSY announcement it is stated that Mr. Papadopoulou's statements "completely disappointed the delegation Initiative Group to abolish of the 12% penalty on pensions, which strongly disagreed with this anti-social approach which unfairly treats insured persons with many years of service and payment of contributions» and reported to Mr. Papadopoulos that "its efforts will continue and intensify until the problem is resolved".
He also reported to the President of DIKO that "based on the latest actuarial study carried out by the TKA, it has been shown that the Fund is still long-term sustainable, until 2080».
The Initiative Group also stated, according to the announcement, that the immediate planning of gradual repayment becomes necessary of the state's large debt to the Social Insurance Fund (7.5 – 8 billion euros), the creation of a real reserve of the Fund and the improvement of its investment policy by granting even a low interest rate, as well as making decisions to deal with of the demographic problem, and other measures so that TKA meets its social role».
According to the EKYSY announcement, the delegation of the Initiative Group «taking into account that almost all other measures imposed on us by the Troika have been abolished, decided and addressed all parties and presidential candidates with the strong request to support our effort to resolve finally this mature social demand which now becomes under the current social conditions, absolutely relevant and necessary and negatively affects too many insured with many years of work and contributions”.
The Organizations that make up the Initiative Group for the Abolition of the 12% Penalty in pensions are PEO, EKYSY, POVEK, Movement for the Immediate Abolition of the 12% Pension Cuts in 63 for all, Retired Environmentalists Movement, Third Age Observatory, EKA, POGO, Women's Environmentalists Movement, EDON, Environmentalists Youth, Teachers' Progressive Movement, Teachers' Progressive Movement, People's Bank Employees' Association, SYMEAA, POASO, Pangypria Equality Union, EDEF, PSEM.
Source: KYPE
