Retirement AFP 2023: they ask the Economy Commission to prioritize debate on disbursement of up to 4 UIT

Thousands of AFP affiliates are waiting to know the status of the bills what do they propose the withdrawal of individual funds. The spokesman for the Podemos Peru bench, jose moonasked the Economy Commission to prioritize the debate on the initiative provided for in the withdrawal of up to 4 UIT (S/19,800), now that a second Ordinary Legislature has begun.

Through an official letter, the parliamentarian addressed the president of the aforementioned working group, Rosángella Barbarán, to ask her to debate the PL on optional withdrawal of funds. “Authorities and competent bodies have already issued, on repeated occasions, an opinion so that it can be ruled on and approved,” she said.

As support, Luna Gálvez indicated that the economic crisis of the majority of Peruvians has been worsening and there are no signs of recovery. “Inflation in the country during 2022 was the highest in the last 26 years, reaching 8.46% and in 2023 it could be even higher,” she pointed out.

AFP: what is missing for the project on withdrawal of up to S / 19,800 to materialize?

This project, in charge of the legislator Digna Calle, indicates that before a possible approval, more than 8.6 million members of the AFP they would benefit.

The request, in principle, requires to be debated and approved in the Economy Commission. In addition, the initiative must be analyzed by the Work Commission, which could make some adjustments to the legislative proposal. If both ruling commissions have the green light, the PL that authorizes the withdrawal of up to S/19,800 would only go to the plenary session of the Congress for their respective discussion and approval.

In this way, legislators will have the last word through their vote. If approved, it remains in the hands of the Executive for its respective observation or promulgation in the Official Gazette El Peruano.

How much would the first deposit of the AFP 2023 be?

In the event that the bill has the green light, this would be the fraction of disbursements, according to the document presented by Digna Calle.

• First disbursement of up to 1 UIT (S/4,950): within a maximum period of 30 calendar days, computed from the date the application was submitted to the AFP.
• Second disbursement of up to 1 UIT (S/4,950): within a maximum period of 30 calendar days, computed from the first disbursement made by the AFP.
• Third disbursement for the remainder of the Requested amount of up to 2 UIT (S/9,900): within a maximum period of 30 calendar days, computed from the second disbursement made by the AFP.

AFP: What did the MEF say about the project to withdraw up to S/19,800?

The head of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Alex Contrerashas spoken on more than one occasion to qualify as “populists” the proposals of the Congress to authorize a new withdrawal of funds from the Pension Fund Administrators (AFP), this year, up to an amount of S/19,800 (4UIT).

“In general, those who have an AFP account, we have been doing some numbers, they are people of medium income and high income. In that sense, this is not in favor of SMEs, of people with lower incomes, rather it generates significant problems in the long term”he said at a press conference.

The ex-holder of the MEF, Luis Miguel Castile, who endorsed Contreras’s words by assuring that a seventh withdrawal from pension funds would not be positive, with exceptions. “He constitutional Court He has set that last parameter, that when we are in a catastrophe, read a pandemic, these withdrawals could be justified, ”Castilla commented in RPP.