One more step was taken by the bill, in the first constitutional process, on granting grace pensions by the President of the Republic, to specifically incorporate the children of people who died from Covid-19. This, after the Government, Decentralization and Regionalization Commission endorsed the proposal.
The advance was possible thanks to the substitute indication presented by the Executive, with which any doubts of constitutionality were cleared up and – additionally – left behind the proposal that the Minister of Social Development and Family made present in the past, Karla Rubilar, in order to generate a contribution, through a budget gloss, equivalent to the contribution given to host families, which was considered “insufficient” by the senators.
However, the entered indication has a financial report, so the motion – before reaching the Chamber – must be reviewed by the Finance Commission.
During the session, the senators present, Jose Miguel Insulza, accidental president; Loreto carvajal and Manuel Jose Ossandón, agreed to specify that Children under 18 years of age may apply for the grace pension, extendable until 24 years of age if they are studying and that, if granted, will not be incompatible with other benefits.
For her part, the Minister of Social Development valued “compliance with this joint work and being able to move forward with this project to start paying for it as soon as possible”; In addition, he noted that there are a number of other measures that are being implemented.
It should be remembered that the motion was sponsored by the senators Rabindranath Quinteros, Ximena Rincón, Carlos Bianchi, Alfonso De Urresti and Álvaro Elizalde.
In another order, the senator Carvajal requested the minister consider among the beneficiaries of pensions by grace the minors who have lost their mothers due to femicide and “that the fathers (for this reason) have gone to jail, leaving the minors in total helplessness, therefore a commitment could be made with these children“Warned the legislator.
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