Today, several pensioner organizations requested that the PIO Fund's board of directors resign, and if they do not do so, that the Government immediately dismiss them and reinstate the previous board headed by Miomir Vulić.
They are also asking for the minimum pension to be at the level of 70 percent of the minimum wage, which would now be around 315 euros, and for the average pension to be at the level of 70 percent of the average salary, which would be around 500 euros. They also demanded the resignation of the President of the Union of Pensioners, Branko Vešović, and the President of the Association of Pensioners of Podgorica, Ilija Stanišić, due to the multimillion-dollar abuses found by the PIO Fund commission.
They ask the prosecutor's office to immediately take into consideration the criminal charges filed by Ivan Grdinić on behalf of the pensioners, regarding abuses in the Association of Pensioners. They also requested that pensions be paid by the 3rd of the month and not the 20th, as well as that changes to the PIO law correct the injustice for about six thousand pensioners who receive so-called proportionate pensions, because they were left out of the adjustment of pensions and receiving assistance.
This was announced in front of the organizing committee by Momo Joksimović, and the protest was supported by organizations - the Association for the Protection of the Interests of Pensioners and the Disabled of Montenegro Pravda, the Association with the Lowest Incomes, the Board of Pensioners for the Protection of the Interests of Pensioners in Podgorica, the Association of Pensioners with Proportionate Pensions and the Association of Pensioners "Radoj Dakić" ".
They stated that they give full support to the current director of the PIO Fund, Ranko Aligrudić, to continue his work and investigation of abuses, as well as that the commission led by Miloš Rajković should be returned to complete the investigation of the work of the Association of Pensioners and its associations.
In front of the Association of pensioners with the lowest incomes, Željka Lakićević said that Alija Košuta cannot be the head of the board of directors of the PIO Fund because he has three apartments and two houses, and he received a housing loan of 40 thousand euros from the state, of which he has to pay back only 20 thousand in XNUMX years. .
She stated that they cannot discuss the social status of pensioners with such a person, nor can he understand them.
Lakićević said that the current board of directors is trying to reinstate Jadranka Milošević, the current member of the board of directors, who she said arranged an illegal pension of two thousand euros for Ranko Krivokapić.
He stated that Jadranka Milošević should be asked where the 45 euros given to the local pensioners' association for the pensioners' club are, as well as 58 for the pensioners' club in block five and six, because the money was paid to someone and those clubs do not exist. She said that she should also be asked about the 58 thousand euros sent to ZO Lovćen.
Joksimović stated that the resignations of Vešović and Stanišić, as well as checks on their work from the prosecutor's office, are being requested due to the discovered multimillion-dollar illegalities and the spending and misappropriation of pensioners' money. He stated that these two receive 120 euros for the fees they give themselves for their mandate.
Marčin Janjević, former businessman and director of several Yugoslav giants of the Zenica Ironworks, "Radoja Dakića",... yesterday at the meeting represented pensioners with a proportional pension, i.e. those who have gained working experience in several countries and receive parts of their pensions according to that experience, however, they are not treated as "Montenegrin pensioners" and the increase in the minimum pension does not apply to them, nor do they receive assistance.
He stated that there are about six thousand such pensioners and that their pensions have increased by ten euros since 2010, and that the injustice must be corrected by amending the law because they live on the edge of existence.
Milan Vukčević in front of the pensioner "Radoj Dakić" said that they are in an extremely difficult situation due to the devaluation of their already low pensions due to the lack of 84 months of service, and that they are now deciding whether to buy medicine or wood.
He called the leadership of the Federation of Pensioners and Associations in Podgorica thieves, and that they turned those pensioner organizations into party puppets. Vukčević also requested the dismissal of the current board of directors of the PIO Fund, supported Aligrudić and the requests to increase pensions.
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