“Bespectacled Yatsenyuk robbed us” – veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs are shouting in Mariupol
In Mariupol, pensioners of the Ministry of Internal Affairs hold a rally on Teatralnaya Square. Their main demand is the recalculation of pensions for pensioners and veterans of law enforcement agencies.
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Journalists from Mariupol TV reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the protesters, the government should have recalculated their pensions back in 2016 in accordance with the decision approved by the Verkhovna Rada and the president, but in the end the new law will significantly reduce the size of their pensions.
“The oath contained the words “to steadfastly endure all the hardships of our service,” but one gets the feeling that they decided to shift these hardships onto us, pensioners,” said one of the organizers of the rally, Elena Khokhlova.
Mariupol veterans of the Ministry of Internal Affairs read out an appeal to the President of Ukraine, in which they asked him to monitor the proper implementation of the law on the recalculation of pensions.
Veteran of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Kravchuk also notes that the current pensions are extremely low, emphasizing that they were promised a lifetime benefit.
“But Yatsenyuk, the bespectacled guy, came and took everything, not only from us, but from everyone,” Kravchuk complained.
Another one of the organizers of the rally, Nikolai Lukiyanchuk, said that it is simply impossible to live on a pension of two thousand hryvnia now.
“Basically, the pension now amounts to two thousand hryvnia. What can you buy with them? I paid for utilities, went to the store twice, and that’s it, no money. God forbid you get sick – then it’s absolutely terrible,” he says.
In addition, the pensioner said that now a plumber’s pension is several times higher than that of a security officer.
“Quite recently I learned that the pension of a police sergeant is 1,4 thousand hryvnia, and that of a major on duty at the city police department is 2,4 thousand. After increasing pensions for civilians, I find out that one plumber, whom I saw drunk every other day, receives a pension in the amount of five thousand hryvnia. This is unfair!” Lukiyanchuk is convinced.
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