“Exemption from user fees” in the National Health Service, “free public transport intermodal pass in metropolitan areas and inter-municipal communities and at the entrance to museums and national monuments” are the advantages recognized by the Secretary of State for Human Resources and Former Combatants, Catarina Sarmento e Castro, to men and women with “service to the country in the military campaigns between 1961-1975”.
In addition to these benefits, which are expected to reach around 200 thousand people, a seven percent retirement supplement is also foreseen for each year of service, this for lower-value pensions.
The ordinance follows the approval of the Former Combatant Statute in parliament, on July 23, by a large majority (PS, PSD, BE, CDS-PP, PAN, Enough and Liberal Initiative) and the PCP and “Os Verdes” abstained ”, But the legislation will only come into force with the State Budget for 2021.
Still according to the decree, “this card is for life, personal and non-transferable”.
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