Do they change Welfare rules before AMLO leaves? | Monthly payments and minimum age of 60 years

Have you seen information that addresses significant changes in the operation of the Welfare Pension 2024, especially as it concerns older adults? We are referring to modifications of bimonthly payments to monthly payments and reduction of the minimum age from 65 years to 60 years.

High. Don’t fall for misinformation. There are no such changes in the program’s operating rules. Welfare Pension for Seniorsof the Welfare Secretariat, during the last months of the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

There is some information circulating on social networks, especially in a YouTube video, where they are addressed alleged beneficial modifications in the Welfare Pension, such as a monthly payment and the inclusion of people over 60 years of age.

The truth behind monthly payments and minimum age of 60 years

This is according to information verified by El Sabueso’s VerifiChat platform, which clarifies that the information was taken out of context since it is actually a proposal for change coming from an initiative presented by a Morena deputy in Durango, specifically aimed at the state pension program.

In the specific context of Durango, deputy Christian Alán Jean Esparza proposed a reform to include people between 60 and 64 years old in the state pension program, along with people with disabilities between 30 and 59 years old. However, this initiative has not yet been approved, which means that the proposed changes are not a reality at this time.

FALSE | There are no changes in Wellbeing

At the federal level, the Ministry of Welfare maintains the operating rules of its support program unchanged. Beneficiaries continue to receive their payment of 6 thousand pesos every two monthswithout alterations in the eligibility requirements.

At the federal level, access to a pension is guaranteed for people aged 65 and over, according to article 4 of the constitution. This article has not been modified nor have any changes been announced in the operating rules of the pensions granted by the Ministry of Welfare.

In short, claims about changes in the operating rules of Welfare pensions are false. The information is based on an initiative proposed in Durango, which has not yet been approved, and does not affect the program at the national level.

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Mexican journalist and photographer. She graduated from the Bachelor’s Degree in Communication and Journalism at the FES Aragón of the UNAM, with a specialty in written press. I have a Technical degree in Advanced Digital Systems for Computing and Graphic Design. I am a web reporter at Debate.com.mx and I cover CDMX, Edomex, Puebla, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Morelos and Veracruz, also on Economics and Politics.

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