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The LMP calls for an increase in pensions, progress in the adjustment of pensions and interest payments, as well as a reduction in VAT on basic foodstuffs, said Erzsébet Schmuck, co-chair of the LMP, at an online press conference on Facebook on Saturday, according to the MTI.
The opposition politician recalled that, according to the government, there will be an increase in pensions in November, which actually means a 1.2% pension adjustment: in the case of a monthly pension of 100,000 HUF, 1,200 HUF per month. This is enough for a maximum of 3 kilos of apples in the apple season, Erzsébet Schmuck pointed out, because then you can get a kilo for 400 guilders, but certainly not out of season.
Cecília Müller, national medical director, recommended three apples a day to people so that our bodies can better protect themselves against the virus. The government could have increased everyone’s pension at least enough to fill three blocks a day, said the LMP politician.
The elderly are the most affected by the price explosion
The 1.2 percent increase means that the government has expected just 4 percent inflation this year based on the basket of retired consumers, while food prices are up 7.8 percent, including 18.5 percent for vegetables, fruits, 18 percent for Paris and sausages. percent.
There are three main items of spending for the elderly: food, medicine and general expenses, said the deputy.
Recalculate the government!
The LMP recommends that the government review the consumption basket for retirees and recalculate the inflation rate underlying the increase in pensions. According to the opposition party, it is unacceptable for the government to adjust pensions only at the end of the year, even if inflation during the year exceeds the increase in pensions at the beginning of the year. In addition, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán promised in parliament, at the question of the LMP co-chair, that retirees will receive an interest rate increase in November this year, Erzsébet Schmuck recalled, according to MTI.
Where is the interest, Prime Minister?
But where is the promised interest? Because the ad was lost. Prime Minister! Didn’t you forget it? asked the opposition politician.
One of the main objectives of the LMP is to reduce social inequalities, which is why it demands that the government not wait until the end of the year with the adjustment of pensions, that pensioners also benefit from economic growth, that minimum pensions be raised at least 2.5 times and that VAT is reduced on basic food. 27 percent to 5 percent, the party’s co-chairman said at an online press conference.
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