Deputies of the Social Democrats (SD) will propose a child allowance for every child up to the age of 18, it was announced from this party. According to the announcement, signed by MP Boris Mugoša, they will submit an amendment to the amendments to the Law on Social and Child Protection proposed by the representatives of the parliamentary majority and which, as Mugoša said, provided that only children up to the age of six receive child allowance regardless of the financial status of their parents. "The SD amendment stipulates the income level of the family in which the children live (such as in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, etc.) as a criterion for determining who is entitled to child benefit. Of course, child benefit would also be provided to children without parental care. way, the prerequisites would be created to provide child allowance for every child up to the age of 18 who really needs these funds, which is in accordance with the recommendations of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms, NGOs and experts from relevant fields when it comes to this issue. Mugoša said.
This, he claims, would also avoid the potential danger that the proposed solution of the government representatives would be declared unconstitutional due to its discriminatory character.
Also, in the SD, they believe that adopting their amendment would create a more socially just model compared to the proposal of the government representative that only children up to the age of six receive child allowance, regardless of the financial status of their parents, because they state that a significant number of children from the age of six would up to 18 years of age who live in families with inadequate financial conditions would not be entitled to child allowance. If the amendment of the Social Democrats were to be accepted, they state that a similar amount of funds would be allocated on an annual basis as is needed for the child allowance model only for children up to the age of six.
"We are sure that there would be much more positive effects if these funds, instead of only for children up to six years of age, regardless of the financial status of their parents, were directed to those children up to the age of 18 who really need it," concludes the MP. Mugosha.
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