The Health Commission approves the Social Security Reform
11 votes in favor, 5 against and 1 abstention. The word returns “responsibility”evoked by whom – you come from Gaetano Troina of Domani Motus Liberi – underlines the need for urgent interventions to avoid the collapse of the system, signaling to the contemporary sprains which he hopes correct at second reading. It calls for economic development, which is also fundamental for Alessandro Mancini, because “without the increase of the base any tax and reform jobs will be useless”. The Director of NPR appreciates the “responsible” attitude of the opposition, also highlighting the shortcomings of the majority, with some arguments – dice – arrived at the photo finish. “It is a reform that does not please anyone, but I would have worried more – he adds – if he had only satisfied someone”. Recognize the minority a constructive contribution also Francesco Biordi of the Pdcs, “some proposals made – he admits – I share them too”, and he hopes the same approach also during the second reading.
“We did not build walls, but proposed and shared steps” – he says Guerrino Zanottiwhich, however, expresses all the opposition of Libera al withdrawal of pension fund assets, the only “real” money of this Republic. “Unfortunately – dice – now they won’t be anymore. “In 8-10 years – he echoes Andrea Zafferani of RF – we will have a pension fund halved and a pension deficit that will explode again. Political legacy that we should not be happy about ”.
“Opposition and trade union play their role”, he declares Emanuele Santi di Rete, which recalls the close comparisons to smooth out the differences, but “the very fact that everyone is a bit discontented – he points out – means that we have probably made a fair reformthat “a regime saves over 50 million euros“. Several positions in the Mixed Groupwho decided to refrain. “Let’s put a patch on the bleeding of the last few decades” – dice Grace Zafferani, underlining how – without development and other interventions – reform can solve problems. Indeed – he adds – maybe it will make them worse.
Before the final vote, the unanimous approval of the Government amendment establishing a monitoring table. It will be composed of representatives of all the political forces present in the Council, of every recognized economic category and trade union organization and of the Secretaries for Health and Finance. His task – he explains Roberto Ciavatta – it will be to monitor and verify the impacts of the reform, the discrepancy between any forecasts and the reality, the balance of the pension accounts, indicating to the Government if and where to intervene to improve the performance of the fund.