The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, announced this Tuesday that the 42,000 recipients of non-contributory pensions in the islands, about 1,100 in Lanzarote, will receive the first 200 euros of the supplement in June, and the remaining 200 will arrive at the end of the year.
Clavijo made this announcement in the plenary session of the Canary Islands Parliament, where at the request of the deputy from the Gomera Socialist Group (ASG), Casimiro Curbelo, he acknowledged that this annual supplement of 400 euros "is clearly not enough".
He indicated that although the current political context "does not help," a debate should be opened on the "sustainability" of pensions and the focus should be placed on "the lowest-earning brackets," as he believes that a linear increase for all recipients "is unfair".
Regarding the 400 euro supplement recently agreed upon with the Government of Spain, Clavijo stressed that it is the result of "a battle of almost three years" and that it will benefit around 42,000 Canarians, of whom two-thirds are women, who receive "a paltry pension" that "is in no way sufficient, not even close," to cope with daily life.
Furthermore, he indicated that the Government of the Canary Islands is "trying" to get state resources against poverty to the islands to distribute them among island councils and town halls and for them to be translated into electricity and water bonuses or food vouchers.
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