Prime Minister Edi Rama has warned that a new "lane" will be opened for pensions, as he stated that he will start with a more "aggressive" approach to give more to the elderly.
The head of the government, in the "Flasim" podcast, emphasized that the work will start from the year-end bonus, adding that there is a plan "for a more significant increase than the increase from indexation".
"This is what we will do, but we all have to contribute", said the Prime Minister, emphasizing that "it is not that the state has a coffers there and I have no problem, come on, the state pays them".
Rama warned businesses that hide the real salaries of employees as he stated that the aim is not to hit or burden them.
Edi Rama: From 2013 until today, we have taken out of the black and formalized 300,000 and it is very significant, but there is a lot to do, and we want to strongly push this moment that we have made the decision to open a new lane for pensions. to start with a more aggressive approach to give more to retirees, starting with the end-of-year bonus, we have a plan for a more significant increase than the increase from indexation.
Despite the fact that pensions are very small, compared to the general economic growth, but the growth of pensions has been significant in relation to where we were, but it is negligible in relation to what has happened to others, with salaries.
That's what we're going to do, but we all have to contribute. He receives pensions today at the end of the month from the salaries of those who are employed at the end of the next month and gives them to those who take them home for retirement.
It's not that the state has a treasury there and I have no problem, come on, the state pays them, but the state draws the pensions from. I strongly believe that we will go because there is the same awareness. Formalization of salaries, if you want to hide the salaries, you have 1 thousand ways and it is not easy for the administration to find out. But with what we are doing with fiscalization, with artificial intelligence in fiscalization, we will have it easier. We don't want to burden business with checks and strikes, where sometimes more brings harm. There is no question that we will do it, but it is a never-ending process.