Having to step back when he saw the real figures revealed by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance after the "work instructions" that gave hope to retirees, President Erdoğan asked more than 9 million retirees for five months' patience.
The government aims to convert the pension increase to be made before the local elections into an election investment.
The government, which has burdened the citizens with the wrong economic policies implemented in recent years, has not kept its promises to the retirees.
Announcing that he had given instructions to improve pension increases in the statements he made before and after the election, President Erdoğan had to give up when he saw the real figures in the reports prepared by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.
After the cabinet meeting, more than nine million retirees listened to President Erdoğan in anticipation of the "good news" and received the advice of "five months of patience".
Despite the savings decision taken in the public, the government; While allocating high budgets for items such as government office construction, luxury vehicle purchases, build-operate-transfer projects, currency-protected TL time deposits, retirees will save and tighten their belts until the end of the year.
ERDOĞAN DID NOT AGREE WITH ŞİMŞEK, CONVINCED BAHÇELİ TO THE END OF THE YEAR
Despite the proposals of AKP deputies and names close to the party, it was noteworthy that no new arrangement was made for pensions.
It is alleged that President Erdoğan and Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek could not agree on the pension increase.
It is stated that Şimşek presented the report he prepared on the issue of not making a raise due to the bad picture in the economy, and that the two agreed on the subject.
President Erdoğan, who abandoned the decision to raise the pensioners in the face of the report, conveyed the state of the economy during his meeting with the People's Alliance partner, Devlet Bahçeli.
In the meeting, he conveyed the information that the pension increase will be made before the local elections.
LOCAL ELECTION INVESTMENT
The government, which did not leave money in the treasury due to the election economy strategy implemented before the general elections, decided to raise money for the retirees before the local elections.
Thus, the government, which wants to take advantage of the local elections to be held in March, will aim to reduce the burden of citizens who have economic difficulties in big cities by making high raises for retirees.
On the other hand, despite all these hikes, comments are made that the bitter bill will be applied sharply after the election and that all the hikes will melt away in the face of increasing inflation.