Restoring full pensions for former PRL officers

The so-called the de-benefiting act has been in force since 2017. "After the reduction in benefits, former officers of the security organs of the Polish People's Republic receive in many cases a minimum pension - today it is approximately PLN 1.7 thousand a month," writes "Gazeta".

"The act provides for reductions in the pensions of service officers and policemen who worked at least one day in structures recognized by the Institute of National Remembrance as "organs of a totalitarian state." Their catalog was significantly expanded to include, for example, employees of communications departments, policemen who completed officer training in the Polish People's Republic, officers of the Government Protection Bureau, and even IT specialists from the PESEL department," it added.

40 thousand people with a decision on discounts

In total, nearly 40,000 people received the decision on discounts. people, including 8 thousand widows and children receiving family pensions from officers.

When the new government took power, it announced that it would rectify this situation. The then president, Andrzej Duda, and the current president, Karol Nawrocki, made it clear that they would not sign the new law.

Restoring your full pension is possible

However, it turned out that restoring full pensions is possible under Art. 8a of the decommunization act. It allows the head of the Ministry of Interior and Administration to authorize the payment of full benefits. It is enough for an officer whose pension has been reduced to submit such a request to the minister.

The restoration of full pension is subject to certain conditions. The service of such officers in the Polish People's Republic must be "short-term", and they themselves had to "reliably perform their tasks and duties" in a free Poland, "especially at the risk of health and life."