The Administrator of Popular Pension Funds (AFP Popular) clarified the reasons why it has not proceeded to grant a disability pension to one of its affiliates who suffers from diabetes and who initiated a process for these purposes before that institution in the year 2018.
Atlantis Perez Rinconvice president of the AFP Popular Business Area, explained that this benefit has not been granted to Nelson Cruz Figuereo because he has not submitted the documentation required by the standard established by the Superintendency of Pensions (SIPEN) and Law 87-01 on Social Security.
He specified that as the affiliate indicated, he called and visited the institution last March to inquire about the steps that he had to take in order to obtain a disability pensionproceeding to the AFP Popular to detail the documents he needed, of which he presented only the letter from his employer and to this It lacked data required by the regulations.
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He stated that in view of this situation they once again asked Cruz Figuereo to deposit the corresponding documentation, a procedure that he has not completed so far.
He pointed out that this entity is not responsible for authorizing or declining the delivery of a disability pension, but that the documents required by the rule are sent to a medical commission subject to National Social Security Council (CNSS)), which is responsible for evaluating the files and deciding whether or not to approve each request.
He emphasized that at no time Popular AFP refuses to grant him the benefit demanded by this affiliate and recommended that he conclude the rigorous process.
He said that the AFP Popular complies strictly with the provisions of Law 87-01.
