This is what the People's Partnership said on Page 41 of its manifesto for the 2010 general election: AGING POPULATION: LIFE BEGINS AT 60
- A fair deal for older people
There must therefore be a social security system that guarantees to retired persons a decent life. We owe it to our seniors to reward them for their contribution to our nation.
Our Government will:
- Protect the rights of the Elderly
- Provide incentives for medical students to specialize in Geriatric medicine to care for our aging population in Trinidad & Tobago
- Develop school-based programmes to promote interaction between the young and the elderly in their communities
- Pension laws must be amended to provide for the national and regional portability of pension benefits and for improved pension benefits
- Remove all restrictions and qualifications for people to receive an Old Age Pension and thus every citizen will automatically receive a State-funded Pension upon the attainment of pensionable age
- Increase the value of the monthly old aged pension entitlement to $3,000
Read the manifesto
1 comment:
"LIFE BEGINS AT 60" - does not imply pension begins at 60, the campaign promise is to raise the amount to $3000.00 upon reaching pensionable age, which in law is defined as 65 years old.
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