This Wednesday, the PS quoted the government’s social media post.
“The Minister of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security sent a letter to pensioners informing them about the increase in the amount of social security benefits to 600 euros per month, the abolition of children’s income as an exclusion criterion and full compensation for prescribed medications,” the statement said. The message was posted on the government’s social media account X and posted at 10am on Sunday.
The PS reacted by publishing this message after the office of the Minister of Labor, in a statement to the Luza Agency, denied that Maria do Rosario Palma Ramalho had sent any letters to pensioners.
“The minister did not send any letters to pensioners. She wrote an open letter, which has absolutely objective content and has no political background, published on the websites of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Protection and the government in June 1 – the day the changes to this social benefit came into force,” the minister’s office said.
The issue arose after the PS demanded clarification from the Labor Minister over a letter it “sent during the election period” to Europeans on Sunday, asking whether the recipients were beneficiaries of the Senior Citizens’ Solidarity Supplement (CSI) or all pensioners. .
This question, addressed to the Minister Maria do Rosario Palma Ramalho, published this Wednesday by the PS parliamentary group, was signed by the Socialist deputies Thiago Barbosa Ribeiro and Miguel Cabrita.
The two PS deputies also asked Maria do Rosario Palma Ramalho to clarify how many letters were sent, as well as the legal basis on which the minister was given access to the population of beneficiaries (or pensioners) for the purpose of direct political communication with the beneficiaries of the system. social security.”
“Who gave instructions for this purpose and who authorized this procedure? What are the costs associated with sending these letters?” were other questions asked by PS Collegium Vice President Thiago Barbosa Ribeiro and former Secretary of State Miguel Cabrita. .
The IU considered that the sending of this letter constituted “an unprecedented and unusual act of political propaganda by the government during the election campaign, violating the powers of the National Electoral Commission (CNE).”
However, the executive branch considered that the assumptions contained in the formally signed PS question were “false” because “the Secretary of Labor did not send any letters to retirees.”
In the same response, the office of Maria do Rosario Palma Ramalho later noted that the information published on the portal of the Ministry of Labour, Solidarity and Social Security “served to help people get information about the changes that are taking place.”
“There was indeed a letter from the President of the Social Security Institute announcing the changes. [no CSI]a procedure that occurs whenever there is a change in Social Security benefits,” he adds.
Author: Lusa
Source: CM Jornal
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