"It's a tribute." Shpakovsky on the support of the older generation in Belarus

Today, October 1, Belarus celebrates the Day of Older Persons. Deputy of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly Alexander Shpakovsky on the program “Budni” on the YouTube channel “SBTV” and “Alfa Radio” told why it is important to respect the older generation, provide them with decent living conditions and support working pensioners.

According to Alexander Shpakovsky, caring for the elderly is primarily a tribute to their contribution to the development of the country:

- People of the older generation, of course, stood at the origins of our statehood, laid the fundamental achievements that we use today and are rightly proud of. Naturally, it is our duty – the duty of those who are now active, who are involved in shaping the economy – to provide the previous generation with decent living conditions. This is very important, especially since we declare that our state is socially oriented. Therefore, it is necessary to preserve and strengthen social policy as much as possible, providing quality medical care if necessary.

He stressed that it is always a pleasure to support decisions aimed at increasing the pension provision of people who have earned their labor pensions

- Realizing that we can make these decisions, that we have reserves, despite the fact that Belarus, as we have repeatedly said, is not developing in the most favorable conditions. An economic war has been waged against us since 1997 (in fact 30 years). Nevertheless, in terms of increasing pension provision, we have made significant progress in recent years.

The Deputy also drew attention to the development of active longevity programs:

- Many Belarusians, retiring, continue to work because they have the strength and capabilities to do so. And we made a decision with a social orientation: working pensioners will be paid a full pension. Not like before, when the pension to the working person was not paid in full. Today, people who can and are able to work, want it, receive both wages and pensions. And I will tell you from my experience with many senior comrades: they are indeed examples in the team. And if we are talking about active longevity, then, perhaps, this direction is developing, tasks have been set to increase life expectancy. In fact, this task is also being fulfilled. Of course, some people would like to see better results, but firstly, we need to understand the objective reality in which we find ourselves, and secondly, the effectiveness depends on the people themselves. Therefore, the deeper we dive into the implementation of the tasks and goals of state policy, including the program of socio-economic development of our country for 2026-2030, where, incidentally, both pensions and life expectancy are paid attention, the higher the quality and comfort of life of citizens in Belarus will be.

The talk show “Budney” is released on weekdays in the morning on “Alpha Radio”. Each issue discusses the most relevant topics from the life of the country and the world. Political scientists, scientists, public figures and journalists of leading media participate in the discussions. See the full version of the program on the VIDEOBEL.BY website and on the SBTV YouTube channel.