Amendments have been made to the law on pension provision for military personnel.
The corresponding document was signed the day before by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko. The purpose of adopting the changes is to maintain the level and procedure for pension provision for military personnel.
Alexander Lukashenko signed the Law "On Amending the Law of the Republic of Belarus "On Pension Provision for Military Personnel, Commanding and Rank-and-File Personnel of Internal Affairs Bodies, the Investigative Committee, the State Forensic Committee, Emergency Situations Bodies and Units, and Financial Investigation Bodies," the press service of the head of state reports.
Purpose of adoption
The amendments will make it possible to maintain the level and procedure for pension provision for military personnel, commanding officers and rank-and-file personnel of state bodies involved in ensuring national security, after Belarus’s withdrawal from the relevant international treaties.
What will change?
The law defines uniform conditions and procedures for paying pensions when applying for a permanent residence permit outside of Belarus or arriving in Belarus for the same purpose.
It is envisaged to continue paying pensions to military pensioners of “states participating in international treaties and members of their families, whose pensions were assigned in Belarus during the period of validity of these treaties.”
Military pensioners previously discharged from military service in the USSR or Belarus are granted the right to receive a pension and continue receiving payments when leaving the country for permanent residence.
The law introduces additional categories of citizens who may be paid pensions for six months in advance, with payments then cessation.
