Maroc : une femme de 80 ans en grève de la faim pour dénoncer sa pension, dont le montant est trop bas
Benaissa explained that his mother had inherited the pension from his father, who worked 20 years in the Royal Armed Forces.
(She) had “made several complaints to the responsible authorities, including the Hassan II Foundation for Solidarity in Casablanca in charge of widows and people with rights as well as the Ministry of Justice, but to no avail,".
In January, Morocco announced plans to structurally reform its state pension system during the five-year term of the current government, including an increase in the retirement age, Prime Minister Abdelillah Benkirane said. “Our pension systems are at stake. No one wants to reach a situation like in Greece,” Benkirane said in a speech to parliament.
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This year, the deficit of the Moroccan Pension Fund is expected to dip into its reserves, and the reserves of all of Morocco’s pension funds will be drained by 2050 if there is no reform, the government’s High Planning Authority said in a report published last December.
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