Making an introduction as the first signatory of the proposal, AK Party Group Vice President Mustafa Elitaş stated that they plan to present this proposal to the Presidency of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, along with the arrangement to hire contract staff, but they will presented. as a separate proposal because some issues were not clear.

Mustafa Elitaş explained that they plan to enact the proposal in consultation with other political party groups and discuss it tomorrow at the General Assembly of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey.

2.7 MILLION PEOPLE WITH THE LOWEST MONTHS

Noting that the minimum pension will increase from 3,500 liras to 5,500 liras with the regulation, Elitaş emphasized that there are 2,721,000 retirees in this case.

Recalling the regulation of not collecting income tax from the minimum wage, Elitaş shared the information: “We estimate that the amount of tax we will waive will be 374.3 billion lira, along with the minimum wage determined in 2023.”

Expressing that they will continue the employer support of the minimum wage in the first half of this year, Elitaş said, “We are increasing the amount of the employer support of the minimum wage from 100 lira to 400 lira per month. We anticipate that 1.7 million workplaces and approximately 7.5 million policyholders will benefit from this support.”

‘TOTAL IMPACT OF 300 BILLION LIRA’

Elitaş from the AK Party also spoke about the impact analysis of the proposal as follows:

“The cost of increasing the lowest pension from 3,500 lira to 5,500 lira by 2023 is 21.9 billion lira, a 30 percent increase in pensions is 131.5 billion lira, the cost of applying support to the minimum wage of 400 lira in January- June period is 17.1 billion lira, the cost of corporate tax exemption filed for Champions League competitions in Istanbul is about 120 million lira, a 30 percent increase in wages and salaries of civil servants is 128.4 billion lira. It has a total effect of 300 billion lire” (AA)