{"id":756436,"date":"2016-01-19T00:04:49","date_gmt":"2016-01-18T16:04:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/?p=756436"},"modified":"2016-01-18T20:35:54","modified_gmt":"2016-01-18T12:35:54","slug":"duterte-on-sss-pension-hike-when-theres-a-will-theres-a-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinfo.inquirer.net\/756436\/duterte-on-sss-pension-hike-when-theres-a-will-theres-a-way","title":{"rendered":"Duterte on SSS pension hike: When there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"January<\/a>

\u00a0Pensioners and workers marched to Mendiola to assert their demand for a P2,000 SSS pension hike. \u00a0MARIANNE BERMUDEZ<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n

DAVAO CITY\u2014If there\u2019s a will, there\u2019s a way.<\/p>\n\n\n

This, in essence, was how Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, now a presidential candidate, described how he would handle the controversy over a proposal, passed by Congress but vetoed by President Aquino, to increase Social Security System (SSS) pension by a measly P2,000 a month.<\/p>\n\n\n

Duterte took a position contrary to that of Mr. Aquino, who said SSS funds would be drained if the pension increase was allowed to proceed.<\/p>\n\n\n

Duterte said he would take two approaches to the problem\u2014allow the pension increase and raise funds for SSS.<\/p>\n\n\n

He said he recognized the need to raise pension because most pensioners are now elderly who need regular maintenance medicines that are expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n

The Senate and House of Representatives passed on third reading and sent to the President\u2019s office for signing House Bill No. 5842 that would increase monthly SSS pensions by P2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n

Duterte said he would have done the opposite of what Mr. Aquino did.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cMost of the pensioners are already old,\u201d said Duterte, who is 70 years old. \u201cNowadays, the prices of medicines are going up. Most pensioners have hypertension, diabetes or abdominal illnesses,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n

At the same time, Duterte said, he would make sure SSS does not go bankrupt as Mr. Aquino had said it would if the pensions were raised.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cSomething has to make up for it (increase in pension),\u201d said the mayor.<\/p>\n\n\n

He said if he were President, he would \u201cask my men to look for a corrective measure somewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

Remittance hike<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cIt could be another debt, because it has to be public, or it could be an increase in the remittances,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n

Makabayan Rep. Neri Colmenares, who filed the bill at the House, condemned the President\u2019s veto.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main reason why President Aquino vetoed the bill is now clear,\u201d Colmenares said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cHe just does not want to allocate funds for SSS. The SSS fund life argument has been raised many times during the hearings and we have studied their arguments including their report that they will have a deficit of P4 billion if the pension is increased by P2,000,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n

He said throughout the hearings, SSS had been told to increase collection and remove unnecessary expenses and, if these are still insufficient to raise funds, ask the government to allocate funds.<\/p>\n\n\n

\u201cP4 billion is peanuts in a P3-trillion budget,\u201d Colmenares said. Nico Alconaba, Inquirer Mindanao<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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