the former director of the Directorate of Information and Defense of the Affiliates of the Social Security (DIDA), Nelsida Marmolejosstated that the return of 30 percent of the Pension funds affiliates because this is not a savings system, although he recognized that its administrators, the AFPsThey are the ones who benefit the most.
Marmolejo says that the State is obliged to guarantee a solid security system for those people who are in the pension stage and that it is not conceivable that, at the time of retirement and when they need it most, because they are retired, the worker is eliminated health insurance. He argues that this situation is due to a misinterpretation of the law by those in charge of executing it.
The former union leader described the system of social Security of the Dominican Republic, due to the fact that more than 75 percent of the articles of the law that provides for its creation are not complied with.
When answering questions in The Defenders program led by communicators Noemi Herrera, Nelson Gómez and Roberto Gómez, on channel 6, Canal de Sol, the former director of the DIDA maintained that what is recommended is a modification of Law 87-01 of Social Security and, in this way, correct the errors of this piece, which until now harms the users of the system.
Addressing the issue of security, he described as good the service offered through the National Health Service, (Senasa)especially in the catastrophic illness coverage program.
Also a member of the Central Directorate of the People’s Forceadded that, in a possible return of 30 percent of pension funds Only those who earn more than three minimum wages would qualify, since they have a high level of annual contribution, clarifying that a distribution of quotas calculated based on 103 years of life will result in poverty pensions for those who earn less.
He called on the managers of the movement for the return of 30 percent to be more sincere in their claim, since the majority of those who mobilize in the streets do not qualify for the return of these funds.
“At this time, the mixed pension system, the law only benefits those who manage the Pension funds with profits that are increasing for the financial and banking sector,” he said..
