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Argentine Congress approves special pensions scheme for Malvinas veterans
The exceptional pension scheme benefits those who “participated in war actions between 2 April and 14 June 1982 in the Malvinas Operations theatre” The Argentine Senate unanimously (58/58) passed a bill with a special pensions' scheme, described as exceptional and optional for those citizens who were involved in the Malvinas war. The vote was cheered by the veterans present at the session's discussion.
The exceptional pension scheme benefit is extensive to all those citizens who “participated in war actions between 2 April and 14 June 1982 in the Malvinas Operations theatre, or were involved in combat actions in the area covered by the South Atlantic Operations theatre”
The bill also contemplates civilians on service or support of any of the two operations' theatres.
However to have access to the benefit veterans must be 53 years or older and have contributed to the national integrated pensions' system, SIPA.
The bill had been approved by the Lower House last October and sponsored by Kirchnerite lawmakers Guillermo Carmona and Araceli Ferreyra. It now has to be signed or amended and sent back to congress by president Macri.
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Read all commentsI guess they had to give him the benefit of the doubt until they had a chance to actually talk to him, fair minded it seems. Having done so he's due for court martial next year.
Nov 17th, 2016 - 10:37 pm +4@tinkle
Nov 20th, 2016 - 12:22 pm +42008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 Kirchner attempts to distract masses with rah-rah about the Falklands to divert attention from domestic failures
2016 Macri government attempts to distract masses with rah-rah about the Falklands to divert attention from domestic failures
Same failed card, different failed day.
I presume that this pension will include all the citizens who were cheering and burning British flags at the start of the invasion.....mass involvement.
Nov 18th, 2016 - 10:59 am +3The Argentinians surrendered en masse....the Americans and British did not in the conflicts you quote.
So zero performance pay for Argentine troops. At least they did some fighting.
Your “navy” should be handing their pay back to the state for their miserable efforts.
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