:quality(85)//cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/infobae/SLI33XZ2ZBE6VH3BXKOHEA3G3E.jpg "AFP 2023 retirement: They ask to prioritize the bill to have up to 19,800 soles")
A new retirement Pension fund administrators (AFP)up to 19,800 soles (4 ITU), could materialize if the Congress of the Republic so decide. The bill in question is drafted by Podemos Peru lawmaker Digna Calle, who recently resigned as the second vice-president of the board.
Silvia Monteza was elected second vice president of the Congressional Board of Directors
Following the resignation of Digna Calle a few days ago, Parliament elected his successor. Of the five candidate lists, two presented themselves in the second round. The Acciopopulista beat Alfredo Azurín with 67 votes
Through her social networks, the parliamentarian asked the Office of the Commissioner for the Economy of the Legislative Assembly, chaired by his colleague rosangelle barbaranof Fuerza Popular, to give priority to the proposal as a matter of urgency, in order to prepare the opinion for debate in plenary.
“There are 4 days left before the end of the legislature, and the Congress You have the opportunity to help the economy of families by approving a new withdrawal from your AFP Fund. For this reason, I asked the Economics Committee to prioritize the opinion of my project,” Calle wrote on his official Twitter account.
“May this serve to send you my greetings and at the same time ask you to urgently prioritize the development and discussion of the forecast of the Bill n° 4201/2022-CR“Law authorizing members of the private pension fund management system to optionally withdraw their funds up to an amount of 4 OFF‘, of my paternity, decreed to the Commission that you preside”, reads the official letter addressed to Barbarán.
AFP Retreat 2023: They present a new bill to provide up to S/19,800
A bill for a new withdrawal of money from AFP is ready for the Congress of the Republic.
According to the proposal of we can peruthere are more than eight and a half million AFP Affiliates who are demanding the approval of the aforementioned legislative initiative, “since they urgently need their money to face the economic crisis that the country is going through”.
If this bill materializes, it would become the seventh withdrawal that would be approved since the beginning of the health emergency due to the coronavirus.
There are 4 days left before the end of the legislature, and the @congressoperu You have the opportunity to help the family economy by approving a new withdrawal of your funds from the #AFP. For this reason, I asked the Economy Commission to give priority to the opinion of my project. pic.twitter.com/9sRIKzC8lz
— Digna Calle (@DignaCalle_Of) February 13, 2023
According to data from the AFP Association, the previous six withdrawals meant an outflow of nearly 88 billion soles (more or less 10% of Peru’s GDP). Moreover, there are already around 2.5 million members with zero balance.
For the head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Alex Contrerasit would be a bad measure and would impact the whole country.
The plenary session of the Congress will elect Digna Calle’s replacement as second vice-president this Friday 10
The benches will be able to present their candidates until Thursday, February 9, until 4 p.m. at the latest.
“My view is that would be the worst measure. This would not only have an impact on affiliatesThis would have an impact on the country, on the ability to fairly finance all the infrastructure that we want to finance. It will also have an impact on the country’s savings capacity, because in the long term what is invested in the country depends a lot on internal and external savings,” he said for Punto Final, Sunday, February 12. last.
Contreras recalled that the first withdrawals from AFP Fund they happened in exceptional circumstances due to Covid-19, which does not compare to the current situation. “It’s true, the conflict has a impactbut that doesn’t compare to the impact of the pandemic,” he said.