Reva told how to change these pensions

You need to introduce a new mechanism for the appointment of pensions, said Minister of social policy.

Today in the military who are now retire, and those who came 20 years ago, the pension gap three times.

The Minister of social policy of Ukraine Andriy Reva said in an interview.

“Today the military personnel who are now retire, and those who came 20 years ago, the pension gap three times,” he said.

“On the other hand, the system is designed so that the army can’t change the salaries of the military, because at once it is necessary to raise the pensions of those already retired. And now if you look at the structure of financial support for our troops, it’s just awful,” said the Minister.

Reva believes that it is necessary to introduce a new mechanism for pension purposes.

“Therefore, we must, on the one hand, to apply the new mechanism for appointment of pensions, and on the other to align the pensions of new retirees with those who are already retired. It’s a long process, that we will not be able to do in one step, but over time this goal we will achieve,” – said the Minister.

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