In the plenary session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly, the group’s proposal on pensions was rejected by a vote of the AKP and MHP.
The plenary session of the Turkish Grand National Assembly discussed the group proposals of the Felicity Party on “Pensions”, the IYI Party on “Closed Enterprises”, the DEM Party on “Receivership”, and the CHP on “Food Security” separately.
Commenting on the group’s proposal, Bulent Kaya, deputy chairman of the Saadet party group, said the hardships experienced by retirees should be addressed in a bipartisan manner.
“I want to appeal to your conscience.”
“I want to appeal to your conscience. It may seem natural that all politicians fear the ballot box, but there is a problem,” Kaya said, citing pensions being dwindling day by day in the face of rising inflation due to economic problems. “It’s called conscience and justice, but people are concerned about income justice, misery and poverty. He has the noble virtue of not being worthy of his own people. Why don’t you think about these,” he said.
Cui Party Tekirdag deputy Serkan Hamşoğlu said he supports the Felicity Party group proposal unconditionally and unconditionally, because “those who sleep full while their neighbors are hungry are not one of us,” he said.
Hamscholl said the annual cost of raising the minimum pension would be 66 billion lira, and asked: “Is it really the increase in pensioners that breaks fiscal discipline, or are it humanly and socially inexplicable policies and practices? Or is it the absence of formal discipline that is causing this crisis?”
Deputy of DEM Party Diyarbakir Ceylan Akca Kupolo said that a parliament with an average age of over 55 is expected to treat the elderly with empathy, “But I think that now the ruling party has young people, but I think it is better for the elderly. Some people are hospitalized, and some people have certain health conditions as they get older. ” “In fact, if we ask the health department of the parliamentary service of this parliament for data, they will actually present us with data that shows what the main needs of the elderly in this country are,” he said.
“The collapse of the retirement system”
CHP Izmir Deputy Prime Minister Yuksel Tashkin claimed the government had no real policy to help retirees and was trying to save the day, saying, “Ideally, four active employees would cover one retiree, but right now, there are exactly 1.69 active employees covering one retiree. The retirement system has collapsed. More people are working, and more people are working,” he said. “We really need to establish a system where people who pay insurance premiums can earn more.”
AKP MP: Minimum pension not enough
AKP Ankara Deputy Orhan Yegin explained that the minimum pension has proven insufficient and they are seeking to increase investments, incentives and state revenues to increase pensions.
Yegin pointed out that to solve the problem, we need to act united in the struggle for the growth of the country, saying, “While one side is trying to grow the country and bring in foreign investors, the other side is trying to grow the country. We are dragging the country down by its feet and saying, ‘Don’t let foreign investors come.’ There is a fire in the country. When TOGGs are made, we are all proud, saying, ‘This was made here, that was made here.’ We are proud of our unmanned aerial vehicles and UAVs. We are proud of the fight against terrorism and it will make our country stronger and increase our share in this growth,” he said.
In a vote held after the meeting, the group proposal of the CHP, DEM, İYİ and Saadet parties on this topic was not accepted with the votes of the AKP and MHP.
The plenary session began discussions on a bill to amend the tax code and certain other laws, including raising the minimum pension to 12,500 lira.
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