José Coelho / Lusa
Maria do Rosário Palma Ramalho, Minister of Labor, Solidarity and Social Security
Government will not touch “no acquired right” regarding reforms, guarantees minister of labor: “There will be no cuts, there will be no damage to the acquired rights of pensioners.”
The Minister of Labor assured this Tuesday that the government will not play “no acquired right” As for the reforms, referring to the conclusions of the working group now launched any possible change in early reforms.
Rosario Palma Ramalho criticized the statements of PS secretary general, Pedro Nuno Santos, who on Tuesday accused the government of having as “true agenda for pensions” the cut of acquired rights and refused to compromise with the limitation on early reforms.
“I actually heard these statements and I was even a little perplexedbecause it is the first time I have seen a leader of the Socialist Party anticipate conclusions regarding a study that has not yet been done, from a working group whose order has not even been published. We do not do politics like that, we first study and then renovate, ”replied the ruler.
“There will be no cuts or damage”
Asked several times if the government prepares to put a brake on early reforms, as reported on Monday, the minister began to ensure that “There will be no cuts, nor will there be any damage to the acquired rights of the pensioners”.
Given the insistence of journalists if this brake may apply in the future, Rosario Palma Ramalho replied: “For the future, what will happen, but it all depends on the conclusions of the working group.”
“I again say that I absolutely anticipate anything, but the Portuguese have to be absolutely calm that no acquired right-contrary to what it seemed to be withdrawn from the statements of the secretary general of the PS-will be touched,” he said.
This Monday, it was announced that the government created a working group to study a social security reform and that the.
According to the document, the working group will proceed “to an actuarial revision of the global social security system rate” and “promote an integrated analysis of sustainability, adequacy and intra and intergenerational equity of public social protection systems, encompassing the system Previdential, the Convergent Social Protection Regime of Caixa Geral de Retirement, and the Citizenship Social Protection System, considering the different eventualities covered, with a long -term strategic view of the Integrated Social Security System ”.
