Regulations on the statute of limitations for debts EFKA will include the next bill on insurance, which will be presented in Parliament, however, as the Minister Work and social issues, etc. Kostis Hatzidakisas SKAI said earlier, the exemption applies only to debtors “who have not been tracked after a decade.”

“We are trying to take action within the logic,” said Mr. Hatzidakis, adding that “if EFKA had forgiven the debts, it would not have contributions to pay pensions. We, knowing about the problem that has arisen, will begin to harmonize the provisions existing in the tax office with the corresponding provisions in the EFKA.” For example, if the debt is repaid with 24 payments to AADE and 12 payments to EFKA, both debts will be combined into 24 payments “in order to rationalize the system,” the minister stressed.

In addition, according to him, “the decision of the State Council, which reduces the limitation period for debts from 20 to 10 years, as it was before the Katrugalu law, in relation to debts to the IKA” will be implemented. he once again stressed that this is “the statute of limitations for debts that have not been claimed by EFKA for 10 years. If they have been searched, they are not banned. Because they have no statute of limitations anywhere and had no statute of limitations before the enactment of the law of Katrugalu.” Explaining the reasons for the decision, the minister noted that if the debts required by the EFKA were cancelled, there would be “moral hazard” as the debtors would have an incentive not to fulfill their obligations.

“We will rationalize the system and implement the decisions of the State Council. Because if we said: “You don’t get bored, you didn’t pay for 10 years, and then we give you back,” you have to be stupid to pay EFKA, and the insurance system will collapse,” Mr. Hatzidakis concluded. regarding the question.

At the last stage of issuing basic pensions

Official figures on expected basic pensions are expected to be made public after August 15, but the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs, Mr. Kostis Hatzidakis, indicated that he estimates “all pensions will be paid out by 2019.” “with the exception of ‘those who owe more than the limits, or others who have legal complications.’ The minister noted that “now the goal has been set to restore order in 2020 as well,” since already recalculated pensions are about 97-97.5%. “We are doing very well in 2021 and 2022,” said Mr. Hatzidakis, who is “characteristic that of those who applied before April for a pension, approximately 75% have already received it.”

“The problem is currently mainly focused on the state,” which “due to administrative reasons, there is indeed a delay,” the minister said, adding that “half of the pensions due” are now for former civil servants. On this issue, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs has started cooperation since May with the Ministry of Digital Management and the General Secretariat of Information Systems to promote automation procedures. “Now in August, and even more so in September, there will be a final attack on the state as well,” Mr. Hatzidakis emphasized, stressing that “it is a matter of one or two months” to sort out outstanding debts to retirees of the state. He clarified that since specific pensions will be calculated using automated systems, centrally, citizens who call the State Accounting Department cannot actually get more information.

“Actually, currently we have a real backlog of about 35k, maybe less, and we are going to try to close it by the end of the summer term, we are at the last stage. This is a problem that has become a national disgrace. Last year around the same time we had 120-130 thousand unpaid pensions,” Mr. Hatzidakis noted, adding that “immediately after that we will do our best for ancillary pensions, because we started with the main ones, which was the biggest problem. “. He noted that the calculation of additional pensions will be easier, since the main ones will already be issued.

Speaking about reducing the backlog, the minister said that “this is the result of common efforts and the use of new methods. Because we achieved all this, of course, thanks to the help of EFKA employees, no doubt, but with a smaller number of employees by 900 people. Because we used more new technologies, different control methods, an electronic control tower, and we succeeded.”

^{Source: APE-MEB}