SD: last night in the Assembly demonstrated inappropriate attitude toward the poorest

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Unfortunately, our proposal has not passed to increase the amount of monthly assistance, ie support to the poorest category of the population, and these are the beneficiaries of material security (60 euros for the individual - from the existing 90 to 150 euros for the family for five and more Members - from the existing 167 to 281 euros) - Social Democrats (SD) said.

The said proposal, as they said, did not support PES deputies and most of the deputies of the Democrat. They thanked to the Prophets from other parties who supported their proposal.

In SD, they explain that the proposed amendments did not require new funds in the budget because they were in accordance with the Assembly unanimously, to the proposal of their deputies, adopted with the Budget Law in 2023 and 2024. And in charge of the government to provide an increase in the amount of certain amounts Material benefits, having in mind a significant increase in the cost of living, and to provide these funds from the budgetary reservation and the rationalization of certain budget expenditures.

- Also, the possibility of abuse is reduced to a minimum, as evidenced by the aforementioned number of financial security beneficiaries in the previous few years from eight to five and thousands of families - they pointed out in SD.

As stated, the Law on Social and Child Protection was made in 2013, and then the defined amounts of material security, which were in the amount of 1/3 of the then minimum earnings for an individual to 63 percent of the minimum earnings for the Five and more members.

- Now these are the age of 14 to 27 percent of the minimum earnings. These amounts were 11 years old, due to certain legal adaptations, increased only for 24 euros for an individual for an individual for 46 euros for a family with five and more members. Their amendments in the amount of material security were corrected in accordance with the amount of a minimum earnings of 450 euros, which is in force since 1 January 2022. For the poorest categories of targeted, and these are the beneficiaries of material security, the budget currently allocates only a little less than five percent of the total budget surges for social protection rights - they stated in SD.

They say that it will continue to propose this necessary increase.

- Because this is not a living policy here than human relationship with the most endangered "raging" prices and drastic growth of living costs - conclude in SD.