The president of the Labor and Social Welfare Commission of the Senate, the UDI Ivan Moreiraindicated that to dispatch the Government’s pension reform, it requires a change, after President Gabriel Boric requested today that the discussion be closed in May in that parliamentary body.
Within the framework of International Workers’ Day, Boric asked that «in labor matters, of growth, pension, let’s put Chile ahead. We have had differences for too long, but I have no doubt that if we put Chile first we will reach agreements, but time is running out«.
Moreira picked up the gauntlet and emphasized that «wanting is not always being able. Here there is a fluid dialogue with the Government and the ministers in charge of Finance (Mario Marcel) and Labor (Jeannette Jara). We have a methodology with which we want to carry out the processing of the project, but The Government has to understand that for this to be voted on within prudent deadlines, a change in the project is needed.«.
Along these lines, he stressed that «we cannot vote for something that was rejected in the Chamber of Deputies. We don’t want more of the same«.
The pension reform was generally approved in the Lower House, but the so-called «heart» of the proposal was rejected.
OFFICIALISM SUPPORTED THE WORDS OF THE PRESIDENT
From the ruling party, meanwhile, they supported President Boric’s request and assured that Pensions are «an emergency» for citizensso its legislative discussion must be prioritized.
«In these two years of Government we have made concrete progress in terms of minimum wage, reconciliation with family life, also non-discrimination, but We understand that an urgency today for those who worked is that we achieve better pensions«, analyzed the helmsman of the Democratic Revolution (RD), Diego Vela.
Along these lines, he called for «the political system to have the capacity to reach an agreement and prioritize older people, give you an answer today with decent pensions that give you a good rest and live«.
The president of the Socialist Party (PS), the senator Paulina Vodanovicassured that «the commitment that all sectors must have is with job security and today we also talked about social security, how solidarity should be part of the pensions of our compatriots«.
Next Wednesday, May 8, the procedures and thematic treatment of the bill that reforms the pension project will be established in the Labor Commission.