The Popular Group in the Senate has defended the amendments incorporated into the alternative mutualities law, which seek a "fairer" regulation for thousands of mutualists. The bridge to the RETA must be developed in a regulation within a maximum period of three months.
The Senate has taken a step forward in the processing of the Bill on alternative mutualities and the bridge to the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers (RETA). The Popular Parliamentary Group has defended the amendments incorporated during the debate, which aim to improve legal certainty and protect the professional careers of mutualists.
The deputy spokespersons of the PP in the Upper House, Gerardo Camps and Rocío Dívar, have been responsible for presenting the group's position. Both have highlighted the dialogue maintained with other parliamentary groups and the contributions from mutualist associations during the processing.
A Fairer Law for Mutualists
Rocío Dívar has stated that "mutualists have waited too long, they deserve no more obstacles; they deserve a good law and today the Senate returns a better law to them." The senator from Zaragoza has criticized the Government for processing the initiative through a bill, thus avoiding the preparation of an economic report and the mandatory technical reports.
According to Dívar, in the Senate "exactly what the Government wanted to avoid in Congress has been done: debate, improve, and vote." She argued that the approved text is objectively better than the one initially registered by the Socialist Group.
Three-Month Deadline for the Regulation
Dívar has asked the PSOE if it will again "disappoint the expectations of mutualists" during the regulatory development of the law. She has reminded that the General Courts have set a maximum period of three months to approve the regulation that will make the bridge to the RETA effective.
The popular amendments aim to ensure that "those who complied with the law are not harmed by having done so," paying special attention to mutualists who have already reached 15 years of contributions to Social Security. Until now, these professionals were obliged to remain in a mutuality.
Gerardo Camps Appeals for Justice for Mutualists
Gerardo Camps has suggested that "the State must respond with the same loyalty with which the citizen has always fulfilled their obligations." He argued that those who followed the established rules should not be disadvantaged upon reaching retirement.
The senator has cited the case of professionals who contributed according to the current regulations and who now face insufficient pensions. This situation has forced thousands of mutualists to organise to demand a solution.
Camps has accused the Executive of failing to lead the response to this problem and has maintained that it was the citizens themselves who managed to place the issue in the political debate. He has reminded that the PP chose to abstain during the processing in Congress with the aim of introducing improvements in the Senate.
The popular amendments reinforce the recognition of the time effectively worked, improve the protection of mutualists, and provide greater legal certainty to the future law. Now, the responsibility returns to Congress, where the Government must decide whether to accept the modifications approved by the Senate or reject them during the final processing.
For mutualists, the next key step will be the approval of the regulation within a three-month period, which will determine how the bridge to the RETA will be applied and what conditions must be met to access a fairer pension.
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