Fear should announce the reform of the Pension plan on Monday night on TV – Diário Catarinense

Photo: Beto Barata / Presidency of the Republic

Accompanied by Henrique Meirelles and the other ministers, the president Michel Temer discussed, on the afternoon of Monday the government’s proposal for reform of the Pension plan. This Tuesday, the project should be forwarded to Congress.

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in announcing the reform, the most bold of your government, Fear departed for the alert tone: without changes in the Pension plan, the payment of pensions of the brazilians be at risk in the near future.

Among the changes designed by the government, Fear has confirmed the proposal of a minimum age of 65 years for retirement of men and women. The president brought together ministers and leaders from the base on Monday to present the reform, which will be sent to the Congress via the proposed amendment to the Constitution. Still in this second, the changes will be explained to the trade unions.

– to Keep sustainable the Pension plan of the brazilian requires a reform, under penalty of putting at risk the receipt of retirement benefits, pension and other social security benefits for this generation and the next generations – highlighted the president, to open the meeting.

To accelerate the reform, Fearing it stated that you need to count on the support of the Congress and of public opinion. On the occasion, he anticipated that, from this Monday, an advertising campaign will be broadcast on TV to explain the need for changes to the brazilians.

– Comes of small reforms. Or face forward or are we going to condemn retirees to knock on the doors of public power and nothing to receive – warned.

One of the measures considered to be most unpopular for assisting the president is the adoption of the minimum age, both for workers of the private sector and for public servants.

– it Is necessary to postpone the granting of retirement, and this can only be done by the establishment of a minimum age, ” said the peemedebista.

The president informed that the government’s intention is to apply the new rules in full to workers with less than 50 years, in the case of men, and 45 years for women. Who has exceeded the age will be a rule of transition. Those who are already retired are outside of the reform, as well as those who already meet the requirements to claim benefit.

– This proposed amendment to the Constitution takes into account the acquired rights that are unassailable, ‘ he said.

Fear recalled that the reform is a complement to the ceiling of expenditures, which is close to be approved ultimately by the Congress. The government pointed to data to justify the urgency of the reform. For 2017, for example, the forecast deficit is$ 181 billion. Fear noted that the expenses with the pension system revolve around 8% of GDP, a percentage that may rise to 18% in 2060. Already the minister Eliseu Padilha (Civil House) has warned that the investment capacity of federal government may be compromised in the next decade.

– Without any reform, in 2024 the entire budget of the Union will only pay the fixed costs of education and health, payroll and Pension plan. We are not innovating. The first scheme pension the brazilian had a minimum age of 65 years, which is the age that is being proposed now, ‘ he said.

Sitting on the side of Fear at the meeting, the president of the Chamber, Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ) said that the idea is to approve the admissibility of the reform in the Commission of Constitution and Justice in the Chamber until the next week, installing the special commission, which will discuss the changes. The intention is to approve the PEC in both the house and Senate in the first half of 2017.

Shut down the meeting, parliamentarians explained that Fear and his ministers esmiuçaram reform. Questioned, reported that the military of the Armed Forces were left out of the PEC, since their situation will be dealt with in a bill in the future.

uniformed Police officers and firefighters also do not go into retirement, because their cases will be under the responsibility of the governors in the States. Already parliamentarians will be affected by the changes, but the government have not explained that way.