Former deputy minister of social work said on tonight’s RinON that the Social Services Reform has been at a standstill for the past 4 years.
The Democratic Party specialist on social issues referred to the recent paraplegic and tetraplegic patients’ protest when saying that our political system is showing that they only answer to the demands of those that take to the streets.
This is why, he made a public appeal by calling on the current government to ‘consult actual experts before drafting social packages, instead of only creating them with their own political gains in mind’.
In addition, the director of the Institute of Social Insurance, Astrit Hado, gave his take on the matter saying that the agency he directs, provides services to people that are currently disabled due to work incidents, whereas the State Social Services are the ones that deal with all other persons with disabilities.
Hado continued by saying that everyone that suffers from disabilities gets the same treatment whereas cases of individuals suffering from work incidents are based on their social security contributions and their age.
In regards to the issue of retirement pensions, Hado said that the amount of these benefits is based on the amount of money each individual contributed to their retirement plan each year because someone should usually get 40% of their salary.
In addition, Hado said that the minimum pension plan can’t be the same as Albania’s minimum wage, because half of the contributors receive a minimum wage and the current pensions scheme doesn’t have the capacity to handle something like that.
According to Sulka, the Democratic Party had a clear vision on increasing pensions and was able to, by 5%.
Sulka also spoke on invalidity pensions saying that from 2005-2013, the Democratic administration brought up pensions by around 5% each year. Whereas, Rama’s administration according to Sulka, didn’t take any steps in this direction.
Had the Socialist Party maintained the same trend as the Democratic Party, today, invalidity benefits would have reached 18300 lek, but instead, they are much less than that, said Sulka.
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