Sandra Pisk, legislator from the National Liberation Party (PLN) denounced the campaign led by trade unionists to intimidate the Legislature, in order to stop discussions on legal reforms to public employment.
The lawmaker said it’s their duty to disprove false publications and not to accept limitations to the possibility of discussing the reforms seeking to regulate wage incentives in the public sector.
Pisk stated that a person who wants to avoid the Legislature of a democratic country to address issues does not really know the meaning of democracy.
The woman reiterated that unionists’ allegations on social media that legislators should receive a ¢ 4 million monthly pension are completely false, and explained that most legislators retire through the regime of Disability, Old Age and Death (IVM), in which pensions are capped at ¢ 1.5 million and ¢ 2.5 million if the person continues to work after reaching the age of retirement.
In recent weeks, trade unionists from the National Union of Employees of the Fund and Social Security (UNDECA) have increased the pressure against the bills to regulate wage bonuses in the state.
UNDECA has spent more than ¢ 50 million in a campaign against Otto Guevara, legislator from the Libertarian Movement, and Mario Redondo, from the Christian Democratic Alliance, who have denounced millionaires wage privileges in the public sector.
They have even warned they will call for a national strike if the Legislature approves the legal reforms, which are aimed at reducing public spending.