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From October 1, pensioners in our country will receive approximately 20 thousand old lek more, and more specifically 1910 new lek, based on the latest changes to the 2024 budget, made public the day before by the Minister of Finance, Petrit Malay. In an interview for "A2CNN", pension expert Kujtim Hoxha analyzed the funds allocated by the government not only for the elderly. According to him, of the two funds that are for pensioners, one of them is for the end-of-year bonus and the other for indexation of pensions.
" In the 2024 budget, two funds have been allocated for retirees; a fund of 3.1 billion lek that has been approved for the reward of 50 thousand old lek that they will receive at the end of the year. The rest is 1.3 billion, which is for the indexation of pensions. The indexation is expected on October 1st and on average how will this new 1910 ALL be divided. This is non-increase indexation that covers the price inflation of the previous year, it is called an increase when it takes the initiative to go over inflation," he said.
According to him, "if the fund of 4 billion lek is approved, it falls to support pensioners with little and low income, to support them with a reward of about 10 thousand new lek or to reward those with pensions below the average with 5 thousand lek".
Commenting on Minister Malay's announcement on the revision of the pension scheme in October, the expert emphasizes in A2 that the time has come to change the law, but according to him, a dignified law is needed for citizens, to fill the gap between income and expenses.
"The social security scheme that is still working until it is changed was approved in 1993. It was a law that was drafted with international friends and it was accepted. During the years from 93-2024 there have been occasional interventions to the extent that it has lost its meaning. The time has come for the law to be changed because there are too many interventions and it does not correspond to the concept of 1993, but even the WB and the IMF have left the government with the task of building a dignified law to serve the citizens, but it must be taken into account to fill the gap between income and expenses. There is a pit. This scheme is revenue deficit. Last year there was a pitfall of 257 million euros ", said expert Hoxha for A2.
According to him, the disabled are the most discriminated group. "I don't like that the government is tight-lipped about providing information or discussing with interest groups. The disabled are a discriminated group, there are 65,000 disabled people who receive miserable camps, as many as there are tetraplegics and paraplegics", A2 quotes the expert.
Hoxha qualifies as propaganda the statements of the Minister of Finance regarding the revision of the budget since, according to him, it was announced before the end of the 9th month. The other problem according to him is the allocation of funds according to the ministries, the lack of transparency.
" The review of the 2024 budget should have been more technical, humane, because it presupposes that the problems identified during the year and the needs that people have, this budget should help. For these 27 billion, there is also a spirit of propaganda. The budget review is done after the 9-month period is closed. When did the minister declare it? He declared it before the end of the 8-month period immediately after the meeting of the Prime Minister with the parliamentary group and the ministers. Before long, a follower of the prime minister takes the initiative to make this statement. You may have gaps in the future as you will make up for the missing funds. That's the problem here. Another problem is the allocation of funds according to ministries, the part that has not been supported by the government for agriculture stands out. The budget of the Ministry of the Interior; there are 2 billion ALL for police officers who worked overtime, as well as food. The funds that the Minister of Finance has thought about for local government and local government, and here 2 billion for water supply and sewerage. Transparency must be done before funds are given. There is a scandal in Durrës, the Waterworks of Tirana ", declared Hoxha/A2CNN
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