Increases in the amount of compensation for personal disability benefits and other people's care, as will be proposed by Prava Montenegro, to 180 euros and 450 euros are necessary for the reason that in Montenegro, due to the Europe program, the amount of the minimum wage has now been increased, and therefore the standard, said Miloš Spaić, coordinator of Prava Montenegro for issues of persons with disabilities.
"In addition to the minimum wage, pensions and scholarships have also been increased, in short, everything except social benefits for people with disabilities," added Spaić in a statement by Prava Montenegro.
He says that people with disabilities belong to a group that the legal systems of the developed world categorize as one that receives increased attention.
"In Montenegro, although according to the Constitution it is a state of social justice, in reality people with disabilities are practically second-class citizens, due to misunderstanding, discrimination and inaccessibility. Part of achieving equality with the rest of the population is social policy, which through social benefits in some way cancels the obstacles that disability brings with it. Personal disability allowance and compensation for the care and assistance of another person are social benefits that have long been ripe for increase, and due to abuses and ineffectiveness, compensation to the guardian/parent of the beneficiary of the right to personal disability allowance should be abolished," Spaić pointed out.
Also, as he says, the reason for the proposed increases is the economic crisis that has affected the whole world, including Montenegro.
"Therefore, it is necessary in this way to provide better living conditions to one of the most vulnerable groups by increasing compensation. It is also important to note that the life of a person with a disability is more expensive in almost all segments than a person without a disability, so it is necessary, in line with other increases in income and product prices to increase the aforementioned social benefits," he pointed out.
Currently, the compensation for someone else's care amounts to 78 euros, he says, adding that this compensation should serve to ensure that persons exercising the right to it can pay for assistance for the services they need.
"With the mentioned sum, almost nothing can be paid, so it must be increased. According to current regulations, the personal disability allowance amounts to 217 euros, and it represents a compensation that gives people who are entitled to it a kind of satisfaction for the obstacles they face in their functioning "Because of the current increases, as well as because of its purpose, this amount of personal disability allowance is really humiliating, and therefore it must be increased in the proposed way, which means that it should be equal to the current minimum wage," said Spaić.
Compensation to parents or guardians of personal disability benefit beneficiaries amounts to 235 euros, he says, and the parent or guardian of a person who is a personal disability benefit beneficiary with whom he lives in the household is entitled to it.
"The compensation given to a parent or guardian of a person with a disability who is functional has no meaning, and therefore it is completely unnecessary for them to receive compensation based on the fact that their child or ward is a person with a disability. On the other hand, a parent or guardian of a person with psycho-social disabilities they are in a specific situation, i.e. the majority of people with the mentioned disability need to be constantly taken care of, i.e. those people are not independent. However, in this case, the mentioned compensation is not necessary because people with a psycho-social disability certainly cannot manage on their own money, and there is no need for the parent or guardian to receive compensation, but for all the money to go to the disabled person, because in any case, compensation exists as a form of state aid specifically for disabled persons, and not for their parents, guardians or anyone else," it says. in the announcement.
It is important to point out, says Spaić, that this compensation is not necessarily related to personal disability benefits.
"Some countries, e.g. Croatia, recognize it, while some others, e.g. Scandinavian countries and Serbia or in the Republika Srpska do not recognize it in their legal systems. Considering that the social system of Scandinavian countries is one of the best in the world, the accent should be placed on satisfactory amounts of personal disability allowance and compensation for the care and assistance of another person, because the basis of an independent life is economic stability," concluded Spaić.
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