The Inter-American Development Bank says it is necessary to end inequality and ensure the sustainability of the system and urges Colombia to advance a new reform of the general pension system.
It turns out that the pension system in Colombia is inequitable, not because there are many people with miserable pensions and a few with high pensions, but because the average premium rate offers advantages not found in private funds. And to correct this "inequity" the need to match the half premium to RAIS noted. So they face the dilemma of "O all in bed or on the floor all" the solution proposed is not "all in bed," but: "Everyone in the ground."
Within this purpose, the IDB Colombia tells the following changes:
Increasing the retirement age to 62 or 65 years for both men and women.
Create a board with an amount below the minimum wage.
It also asks the international body for settlement of the pension is taken into account as IBL average wages based on which quoted the member for the past 20 years and not that of the past 10 years as at present.
It also proposes that the counter 13 is removed, that is, the additional allowance December dismounting so that pensioners receive annually only 12 regular allowances.
On the other hand, it raises the IDB to increase coverage "with programs such as subsidies Greater Colombia, newspapers economic benefits, conventional pensions and average premium schemes and individual savings should be unified." (El Espectador, Oct / 2015)
Interviewed by the Noticiero CM &., Juan Carlos Cortes, director of the Latin American Organization of Social Security said "They should think about a comprehensive reform that not only takes into account the pension issue, but also the health issue and touch the topic labor".
According to Mauricio Olivera, president of Colpensiones, "the IDB proposal can be viable if the three fundamental aspects mentioned are contemplated." He added: "Colombia must give way to a pension reform to remedy the problems we have discussed, low coverage, inequality and sustainability"
We must not forget that in the hands of President Santos is to define the moment from which will begin its next pension reform process. Anyway, the expectations of stakeholders in this amendment are encrypted in it in 2016. However, it is very likely that this reform the issue of retirement age is not touch but elects to increase the contribution period taking it to 1600 weeks (a little over 31 years). Another aspect that is considered to be mandatory inclusion in the reform is the adjustment of pensions subsidies different amount, because as we know, all pensions currently receive the same official aid. With this adjustment would seek to "make the regime more progressive", as recently told the newspaper El Espectador Luis Ernesto Gomez Londoño, Deputy Minister of Employment and Pensions.
Some scholars believe, meanwhile, that an increase in age would be quite inconvenient since it is still very recent increase in the retirement age, since just a year ago and ten months rose from 55 to 57 years age of women, and 60 to 62 years old men. Consider these observers that a measure in this regard would be rejected by the Colombians, it would be preferable to increase the density of listed weeks 1600 (This was stated by the newspaper El Espectador Ivan Daniel Jaramillo, researcher at the Labour Market Observatory of the University of Rosary).
And finally, as if that were not enough, voices that have their own audience, they are proposing that the annuity is removed widow heard.
Could it be that this time, as happened with the legislative act 01 of 2005, the people will not give alluded to these clearly retrogressive measures?
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