In Ukraine, radical changes in the pension system are being prepared. Special pensions received by judges, prosecutors and security forces may soon remain in the past. This was stated by MP Danilo Getmantsev, emphasizing that it is not only about the economic decision, but above all - about justice.
Today, there is a small group of persons in Ukraine who continue to pay pensions of tens or even hundreds of thousands of hryvnias a month. These "caste" payments are the embodiment of bold inequality in the social security system. While most Ukrainians receive less than the subsistence level, ex-judges and security forces use financial benefits that are increasingly difficult to explain to society. According to Getmantsev, in conditions when half of the pensioners receive less than 5 thousand hryvnias and the minimum pension is 2361 hryvnia, payments of 100 thousand look like a public spit towards the people.
A bill has already been prepared in the Verkhovna Rada, which provides for a gradual cancellation of special pensions. It is considered in the profile committee, and the document is prepared for the second reading. At the same time, the updated version of the bill establishes new principles of payments for prosecutors. From now on, only those prosecutors who have worked for at least 25 years in prosecutors in prosecutors will have the right to retirement for years. The retirement age is set for them at 65 years - for persons born after January 1, 1986. Payment of such a pension will only be possible after the final dismissal from the prosecutor's office.
Changes will also affect disability pensions. They will be assigned on a general basis in accordance with the Law on Compulsory State Pension Insurance. In addition, the annual automatic recalculation of pensions, taking into account indexation - is just as for ordinary pensioners.
The proposed steps testify to the intention of the state to overcome the system of double standards. If the law is adopted in the second reading, it will be a signal for the whole society: the era of elitist pensions comes to an end, and the principle of equality gradually begins to work not only in words but also in numbers.
