In FBiH, 21,500 people receive pensions less than 50 KM!

One of the most vulnerable categories of society in Bosnia and Herzegovina are certainly pensioners, especially those who have not yet realized their pension rights in foreign countries where they spent most of their working lives, and in our country, they have realized the right to amounts less than 50 KM, writes the Patria News Agency.

As stated by Amel Lizde, Head of the Public Relations Office of the Federal Pension and Disability Insurance Fund, about 21,500 pensioners receive pensions less than 50 KM.

- These are cases that mainly receive proportional pensions, and these are domestic pensioners who, in addition to our pension, receive a pension from abroad, or pensioners who live abroad, so in addition to our pensions, they also receive foreign pensions or other income - says Lizde.

However, from this number, there are also those who are still waiting for pensions from abroad, which is the case of a man from Sarajevo who worked in Serbia for years and is waiting for their pension, and for a year now he has been receiving only 12 KM pension in BiH.

- I hope I will be able to solve the problem quickly, because I cannot live on 12 KM, but I hope I will realize my rights in Serbia and then start living normally - says this man from Sarajevo.

Otherwise, as Lizde explained, the highest pension paid by the FZ MIO/PIO is 2,174.48 KM, and the average pension paid by the FZ MIO/PIO is 366.51 KM.

- The right to a minimum pension is exclusively for domestic pensioners who receive pensions only from the FZ MIO PIO. Therefore, it is possible that someone who lives in our area has a lower minimum pension amount according to the decision, which is currently 326.17 KM, but still receives the minimum pension. This rule applies only to domestic pensioners who receive exclusively our pension - added Lizde.