The Social Welfare Institute (IPS) finally appealed against the most recent court ruling in favor of the sailors who seek to collect retirement benefits above the 10 minimum wage limit, commented yesterday the lawyer for the shipowners, Raúl Mongelós, in a press conference that was called to publicize the plaintiffs’ version of the case.
The legal professional considered that the action of the IPS is “fully dilatory” and that when the request for autonomous annulment filed by the pension against the initial ruling (of 2017) of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ) in favor of the shipowners, the resolution in question was final. Thus, according to his explanations, they are protected to collect their retirements without any cap, even retroactively.
delay. In the opinion of Mongelós, the recent action of the IPS constitutes a delaying measure that exposes the authorities of the institution. “This can generate greater damage to the pension fund, professional fees can be generated and interest can be generated from the captains’ claims and fundamentally that it is a merely delaying action,” he said.
In turn, he “warned” about the pressure that the members of the Judiciary are going to receive on a matter that, according to the navigators, is being manipulated to create confusion. “There has already been talk of a political arrangement for this situation and we have a regime of division of powers, where one of the fundamental principles is the independence of the Judiciary. If this resolution is revoked tomorrow due to political pressure, there will be a breakdown of the rule of law,” he said.
Yesterday, Previsión Social reported that the entity’s legal team and authorities have already begun to design strategies to deal with this situation. Jorge Brítez, president of the IPS; Carlos Pereira, counselor representing the Ministry of Labor; Vanessa Cubas, Benefits manager and the lawyer Raúl Fernando Barriocanal.
They evaluate making a complaint before international bodies
The lawyer Raúl Mongelós said that the Association of Coastal Captains, Pilots of Asunción, Río de la Plata and Overseas officers is studying the possibility of denouncing the case that affects them at the request of the International Labor Organization, in the Standards Commission, which meets every year in Geneva to discuss the situation of countries that fail to comply with labor rights. Hugo Villalba, president of the association, assured that the demand they are making is not “against the IPS”, but rather that they were brought against the regulations that cap the amount for retirement at 10 minimum wages. “We contribute on the entirety of our salary,” he explained.
2023-08-30 10:28:57
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