CHEGA prepares two ‘winning’ proposals for discussion in parliament – Portugal Resident

CHEGA prepares two ‘winning’ proposals for discussion in parliament – Portugal Resident


Portugal’s CHEGA party has held a press conference today to say the party will propose in parliament that any worker should be able to retire after 40 years of contributions (or at the age of 65), and that there should be a maximum ceiling of €4,500 for the highest pensions.

The second proposal alone is almost certain to hit home. The ‘highest pensions’ for those who have worked in public administration (even, in some cases, when they have been convicted of corruption/ money laundering etc.) are mind-boggling.

Former economy minister Manuel Pinho – currently appealing a 10-year-jail term for passive corruption, money laundering and tax fraud – receives no less than €26,000 a month. There are many more where this ‘millionaire pension’ came from, and ‘discontent’ over the iniquities so clearly at play have been presented for years.

Back in 2013, for example, before he even became a two-term President of the Republic, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, was advocating for “large cuts in lifetime pensions” before any kind of austerity measures were applied to regular pensions” – which are generally pathetically low.

CHEGA’s idea is for these millionaire pensions to be limited to  4,500 euros per month” and that no one in public administration receives a salary higher than that of the prime minister, no matter what they are meant to be doing.

The party’s initiative is cleverly-timed: police are in the process of trying (without success, this far) to reverse pension cuts introduced by the government last year…

And as for the limit to claim a pension, nationals have been exasperated to see this climbing by the year. Next year, the retirement age will increase to 66 years and 11 months.

Source material: LUSA



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