On October 15, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ordered that the procedure for applying for a pension be de-bureaucratized to the maximum extent possible.
The head of state gave this order while listening to a report on improving social support.
The president's statement is quoted by his press service .
What Lukashenko said about debureaucratization of the pension application procedure
The head of the Ministry of Labor Natalia Pavlyuchenko, Deputy Prime Minister Igor Petrishenko, Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Alexander Egorov, head of the FPB Yuri Senko and head of the Ministry of Finance Yuri Seliverstov were invited to report to the head of state.
One of the issues was support for pensioners. The President noted that there are requests from pensioners regarding the procedure for assigning pensions.
The head of state ordered that this procedure be de-bureaucratized to the maximum extent possible.
The procedure must be specific: a couple of days – and a person goes into retirement, applies for a pension, Lukashenko added.
