The resigned Minister of Social Affairs Georgi Gokov pointed out that if the government does not take measures to overcome the brutal inequalities, there will be social consequences.
Gokov added that political talk of responsibility to people and pensioners has nothing to do with the actions of members of parliament.
“Again, there is no quorum today, for the second day in a row, and I warn pensioners that if they continue like this and if the budget of the State Social Security (SSS) is not adopted tomorrow, published in the State Gazette on Tuesday at the latest, NSSI experts will not have the physical and the technical time to recalculate the pensions, to distribute the funds so that the pensioners can receive their pensions in the normal term “, warned the Minister of Social Affairs.
He specified that the government, the Ministry of Social Affairs and the National Social Security Institute have done a perfect job in social policy. Gokov also expects the National Assembly to do its job so that pensioners can receive higher pensions. However, he is pessimistic that parliament will do its job.
Gokov pointed out that there is a chance for an increase in pensions, but prudence in parliament must prevail. Bulgarian pensioners may receive an increase in pensions, but I am still optimistic about an increase in pensions as a result, but I am not optimistic that this could happen from July 1, said the Minister of Social Affairs.
It is not important for him who will head the Ministry of Social Affairs, but to continue the policy of upgrading.
Gokov listed the activities performed in the MLSP: the reform in social assistance, the schemes under the programs for development of the human resources, increase of the quality of the social services, etc. “We are going in the right direction,” Gokov said, adding that he hoped that no matter who the government was and who the minister was, social policy would continue in a reformist direction.
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