Momentum welcomes the new second pension scheme initiative. It is a necessary policy to ensure future retirees are financially secure, and it has our full support.
However, the focus on the future should not come at the expense of the present. While we encourage today’s workers to save, the government continues to deprive current pensioners of the service pension they rightfully paid for.
This creates a two-tier system of justice. True progress means building a secure retirement system for the future while also correcting the injustices faced by those who have already retired. We must honour the contributions of today’s pensioners.
Momentum Treasurer Carmel Asciak said, ‘Momentum agrees with this proposal, in view of the low level of pensions today’s pensioners are receiving . But, while present workers are encouraged to enrol in a second pension scheme, ironically , successive governments continue to deprive today’s pensioners of the second service pension that these pensioners had paid for in the past. Is this the social justice that our country is aiming for?”
Stqarrija għall-istampa: Tajjeb għall-futur, inġust għall-preżent.
Momentum tilqa’ l-inizjattiva l-ġdida tat-tieni skema ta’ pensjoni. Hija politika meħtieġa biex tiżgura li l-pensjonanti futuri jkunu finanzjarjament siguri, u għandha l-appoġġ sħiħ tagħna.
Madankollu, l-enfasi fuq il-futur m’għandhiex issir għad-detriment tal-preżent. Filwaqt li nħeġġu lill-ħaddiema tal-lum biex i
ġemmgħu, il-gvern qed ikompli jċaħħad lil numru ta’ pensjonanti attwali mill-pensjoni tas-servizz li ħallsu għaliha bi dritt.
Dan joħloq sistema ta’ ġustizzja b’żewġ livelli. Progress veru jfisser li tinbena sistema ta’ rtirar sigura għall-futur filwaqt li tikkoreġi wkoll l-inġustizzji li qed jiffaċċjaw dawk li diġà rtiraw. Irridu nonoraw il-kontribuzzjonijiet tal-passat tal-pensjonanti tal-lum.
It-Teżorier ta’ Momentum, Carmel Asciak, qal, “Momentum jaqbel ma’ din il-proposta, fid-dawl tal-ammonti baxxi li l-pensjonanti qed jirċievu llum. Iżda, filwaqt li l-ħaddiema preżenti huma mħeġġa jirreġistraw fi skema ta’ pensjoni oħra, gvernijiet suċċessivi jkomplu jċaħħdu lill-pensjonanti tal-lum mit-tieni pensjoni tas-servizz li dawn il-pensjonanti kienu ħallsu għaliha. Hija din il-ġustizzja soċjali li pajjiżna qed jimmira għaliha?”
