Ionuţ Măiţanu, clarifications to dispel speculation among the military: the retirement age does not increase, the discussion only aims at deductions
The Minister of Defense, Ionuţ Măriţă, said that the military retirement age will not be increased, and the discussions in the public space only concern the deductions applied for certain types of service, which allow the retirement earlier.
Minister of Defense, clarifications on military retirement / photo source: Archive
Controversies on the topic of military pensions: MIIEU explains where the changes occur
The Minister of Defense, Ionuţ Măriţă, said that in the last period the discussion regarding the increase of the retirement age at the military is still rolling in the public space and explained that the law on military retirement was passed in 2023, being a milestone in the PNR. He added that there are some deductions for certain types of service that certain soldiers make and thus could go out earlier. Moist said that the discussion is rather at these deductions and not at the retirement age, according to News.ro.
The Minister of Defense was asked on Saturday at the Insider Political show on Prima TV if he would increase the retirement age for the military, as happened in the case of the magistrates.
“It is a discussion that is rolling in all directions in the public space. The retirement age for the military was … The law on military retirement was passed in 2023, it was PNRR.
That is now in force. From here there are deductions for certain types of service that certain military or officers make and have some deductions from this maximum period and can deduce certain periods so that they go out earlier. The discussion is in these deductions, not at age, I believe ”said Mori.
Military retirement is the subject of a milestone in PNRR
He explained that a system such as national defense would be serious.
“We have a law out of 2023 which is PNRr Mile, which puts some special conditions for those that the law in 2023 caught him on the road and said” OK, stay until 2028 “. The function, you have a problem for years after that. said Moist.
The remark according to which, when he was in opposition, Mărianu criticized the special pensions, but as a minister he said that at the Ministry of Defense there are no special pensions, but service pens “It is a matter of hue.”
“This is a matter of shade if you want to name everything that is not on contributivity. They are called military service pensions. It is a pension that is not on contributivity. The average pension in the military system is 5300 lei. This is the average pension.”stressed the Minister of Defense.
He acknowledged that this average pension is above the one in the civil system, but said that the military has more restrictions.
“It is above the average pension in the civil system, so to speak, but we are talking about other income during the career, of another type of work, if you want, and of another type of restrictions that those who serve the homeland have to a civilian. That is why it is a discussion at this time, I think it has come to a balance, and I can not reach a balance, 2023, any modification I think would create uneasiness again and bring to unclear, we can discuss everything by giving a very, very clear perspective to those who are now in the system, to those who have to enter and want a clear perspective throughout the career, but again, this discussion must be with everyone at the table and with all the books on the table. “the Minister of Defense said.
