Carlos Veiga regrets not being awarded the pension he is due and awaits a positive decision from the Supreme Court
Former Prime Minister Carlos Veiga lamented this Thursday the fact that he had not been granted the right to the pension corresponding to his years of service. He has therefore appealed to the Supreme Court and is awaiting a positive decision.
In an interview with Inforpress, the former prime minister said that he was still not entitled to a pension here in Cape Verde, a situation that caused him "great disappointment" because he didn't expect the country to do such a thing to him.
"This is a big disappointment, because I never expected my country to do this to me. If I didn't have the strength to continue working as a lawyer... I'd have to live on 130 escudos. A completely illegal decision," he lamented, confident that he would win in the Supreme Court of Justice.
He explained that he had made an application, which had since been granted, but on the basis of a time count that didn't calculate a large part of his time at the National Assembly table and his three years as ambassador to the United States of America.
So, by not counting those years, they also didn't count the amounts he was earning at the time and which should have been reflected in his pension, so he had to appeal to the Supreme Court of Justice, saying that the decision to grant him a pension of 130 contos was "completely illegal".
She therefore asked for this to be overturned and for her to be awarded the pension corresponding to the length of service she had paid in, and she hopes that this will be repaid.
"I understood that I couldn't accept that, and as I'm not one for arguments, I went to court. They took all the deductions and then they don't want to give me the time or the pension. I hope to get it, because I hope to win at the Supreme Court of Justice," he said.
He's been waiting three years for this decision, but he's confident of a good outcome.
A former ruler of the country, appointed prime minister following the first free elections in Cape Verde's history, he served two consecutive terms.
Carlos Veiga is one of the main figures in the opposition to the one-party regime that existed at the time and one of the authors of the Constitution. He has served as a member of parliament, vice-president of parliament and ambassador to the United States.
