The administration of Javier Milei He is making major changes in many areas that he believes have historically been neglected. Not only has he fired or not renewed the contracts of hundreds of thousands of workers in order to “shrink the state,” but he has now set his sights on pensions.
Javier Milei He has spoken out controversially on certain occasions regarding pensions, saying that it is a deficient system that does not work properly, since the age of the workers is one of the main problems it has.
It is not news that the retirement section has been one of the great questions that successive governments have had and have not been able to solve. Now, the government plans to modify not only the general parameters of retirement, but also the age of retirement.
An official close to the administration of the president He mentioned that the possibility of unifying the retirement age for men and women, setting it at 75 years, is being studied.This is because it is mentioned that life expectancy has increased to 90 years.
According to the “TN” channel, the change in pensions is one of the main points to be discussed at the May Council, with deputies, senators, CGT and the famous G6. In this way, the agenda is being formed with the most controversial issues.
“It has a significant impact on the accounts that women retire at 60. It is an old-fashioned account because today people live until they are 90 years old and it represents a bigger expense than it did thirty years ago. Our ideal is to unify the retirement age at 75 years old.”
On the other hand, it has been suggested that the harmful AFJPs could return to give contributors the possibility of changing to a private system.This has already happened before and was a total failure, so strong criticism is expected.
Mobilizations
After people close to Javier Milei Several trade unions have been on alert and have begun to consider taking forceful measures against the government, which could lead to major problems in the city of Buenos Aires.
Human rights organizations, for their part, have set their sights on possible future measures, describing them as regressive and affecting workers’ right to rest. Certainly, there is a strong expectation of opposition to the government’s measures.
