With regard to the single-parent allowance, a proposal for a law by MPs of AKEL Andreas Kavkalias, Christos Christofias and Giorgos Koukoumas was tabled, concerning the amendment of the Child Benefit Law, in order to remove from the definition of the term "single-parent family" the requirement that one parent be without a partner and not to terminate the right to a single-parent family allowance in the event that the single parent cohabits with another person.
In relation to the exclusion of the right of usufruct from beneficiaries of the Minimum Guaranteed Income, a legislative proposal was tabled by the MPs of the PPP - Cooperation Alekos Tryfonidis and Marinos Mousioutta for amending the Law on Minimum Guaranteed Income and Social Benefits in General, so that real property, all or most of which is not usable, as a result of the registration of a usufructuary right in the books of the Department of Lands and Surveys, regardless of the value of the property in question and the time when such registration took place, shall not be taken into account when calculating the total value of immovable property that a person or another member of his/her family unit may hold in order to be entitled to a minimum guaranteed income.
In statements after the Committee meeting, the Parliamentary Representative of PPP - Cooperation Alekos Tryfonidis said that regarding the exclusion of the right of usufruct by beneficiaries of the Minimum Guaranteed Income, that the proposal is about "correcting a distortion of the law that affects too many beneficiaries to whom benefits are terminated, either because of ignorance or because of the good intention of many grandparents usually transfer property to their grandchildren, wanting to help them and secure their future".
He added that our proposal would apply to people who receive property and not those who give it away, so as to ensure that any exploitation of the system by opportunists is not exploited.
"With our proposal, we want the usufruct not to be counted in the family income of the beneficiary and thus cut off either the disability allowance or the minimum guaranteed income from these distressed fellow citizens," he said, adding that "at the same time, we do not want this proposal to be exploited by sophisticates and transfer any property to other relatives to then apply for a benefit from the state."
He referred to a positive approach on the proposal of the Deputy Minister of Social Welfare and the Director of Benefit Services and the position of the Land Registry that he will look at the issue positively and that the state services in collaboration with the Commission "will study the issue so that with the resumption of the work of Parliament there will be a comprehensive proposal that is also constitutionally correct, that is not to increase the budget of the state."
Regarding the single-parent allowance, Mr. Tryfonidis said that there is "a distortion because in cases of cohabitation, the income of the partner is also calculated."
"Here too, there will be consultation to correct it either by calculating a percentage on the partner's income or other proposals that will be made," he concluded.
Source: CNA
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