Skopje, 22 August 2023 (MIA) — The government adopted the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy's request to form a working group for reviewing proposals on the minimum pension and support measures for pensioners.

According to an official press release, the working group will need to submit to the government a financially sustainable proposal for raising the minimum pension and for a new relief package for retired persons.

Last week, in response to reporters' questions on ongoing nationwide pensioners protests over low pensions, Minister of Labor and Social Policy Jovanka Trenchevska said she would initiate the forming of a working group to consider their demands.

The working group would consist of representatives from the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy, the Pensioners Associations, and the Pension and Disability Insurance Fund, she said.

They would be reviewing the minimum pension taking into account the poverty line set by the World Bank. The group would also consider other countries' examples of minimum pensions, she said, adding that they were expected to reach a solution by the end of 2023.

The labor minister also said the minimum pension in September would be 13,300 denars. mr/