VIDEO // Some proposals in draft law on special pensions to be amended

The Government will reconsider certain proposals in the law on special pensions so that employees of the security forces can receive additional benefits in view of the difficult conditions in which they work. The message was delivered by Prime Minister Vasile Tofan at the beginning of today’s Cabinet meeting.

The prime minister emphasized that employees of the security forces work at night, on weekends, far from home and in very difficult conditions, while the Government remains committed to the principle that they should receive additional benefits.


“You can imagine how difficult it is to work in a penitentiary and what risks this job entails. That is why we remain committed to the principle that employees of the security forces should receive additional benefits with regard to special pensions,” Vasile Tofan said.


He assured that the final proposal for the law on special pensions will aim to ensure a balance between a fairer and sustainable system. Vasile Tofan stressed that the authorities’ goal is to keep people in the system.


“I know that this reform has created a great deal of anxiety. Therefore, I want to send an empathetic and firm message to the security forces: we have heard you and we understand you. We are recalibrating certain aspects now and will return with a final proposal on reforming the special pension system, in order to find a balance between a fairer and sustainable system that we can afford and keeping people in the system. Ultimately, our goal is to keep people in the system, not to encourage them to leave,” Vasile Tofan emphasized.




In June this year, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection proposed changes to the pension system for military personnel and civil servants with special status. In its initial form, the draft provided for a gradual increase in the retirement age, new rules regarding the required length of service for obtaining a pension, and the expansion of the calculation base used to determine pension benefits.