FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ON PENSION REFORM|年改公聽 學者籲速年改 避免影響國家財政

In the first of the two public hearings on the pension reform, which was held yesterday, a representative urged President Tsai to meet with civil servant groups in person and hear out what they have to say, but several experts stressed that reforms are necessary to prevent the bankruptcy of the pension fund. National Civil Servant Association Director Lee Lai-hsi has always been on the frontlines to fight for the rights of public servants. On Apr.26, the Legislative Yuan held a public hearing on public servant pension reform. Before the meeting started, Lee was on the verge of tears when interviewed by the media outside the Legislative Yuan. After the meeting ended, Lee said that among all speakers at the public hearing, only he and Hualien Civil Servant Association Director Wen Chun-hua were public servants. He hoped to have a direct meeting with President Tsai-Ing wen because he thought that the meeting did not fully reflect public servants' thoughts on the issue. ==LEE LAI-HSI Dir., National Civil Servant Assn.== Our dear President, could you please come out to receive us? We are willing to express our ideas to you without reservation. We hope that you can review the bill. Even if you are the president, and that your party enjoys majority of seats in the Legislative Yuan, it does not mean that you can do whatever you want. While some supported the government's pension reform plans, saying that this is the only way to prevent the pension system from going bankrupt, impacting national finance, others doubted that if it is necessary to take on pension reform in such a hurry. ==CHUNG SAN-LIN Professor, NTU Department of Finance == If the government goes bankrupt, we will become the second Greece. Do you think our country will be better in this kind of situation? Legitimate expectation cannot serve as an excuse to stop pension reform. ==LAI KUN-YU Director, Retired Police Officers Association == The pension reform should not be implemented in such a hurry. It lacks legitimacy. The Legislative Yuan will hold another public hearing on Apr.27, targeting at public school teachers. Next week, the Legislative Yuan may hold a clause-by-clause review on public servant pension reform, and pass the preliminary review. TRANSLATED BY：ARIEL HSIEH 身為全國公務人員協會的理事長，李來希總在第一線悍衛公務人員權益，立法院加開年改公聽會，先是在場外受訪時紅了眼眶，參加會議時也質疑，公聽會發言人士，雖依立院黨團政黨比例推薦，但只有他和花蓮縣公務人員協會理事長溫軍花兩人是公務人員背景。沒辦法充分展現公務人員心聲，李來希希望蔡總統能接見他們傾聽民意。 ==全國公務人員協會理事長 李來希== 總統大人 妳可不可以出來接見我們 我們願意把我們的意見 告訴妳 希望妳重新檢討目前的法案 我們希望我們的主政者 不要以為妳掌控了 絕對多數的席次 妳就可以為所欲為 我才講過改革之後 那個社會動亂才要開始 公聽會會場有人支持盡快推動年金改革，以避免年金財務惡化，甚至影響國家財政，但也有人質疑是否有立即改革的必要。 ==台大財務金融學系教授 張森林== 那如果政府破產了 就像希臘一樣嘛 那這樣國家會更好嗎 所以我覺得說 一直去強調信賴保護原則 好像也不是一個唯一的辦法 ==中華民國退休警察協會執行長 賴坤柚== 你這次 這個齊頭式 可以說大家都要斬手斬腳 甚至斬頭 這次的這個改革 應該沒那麼急迫 正當性不夠 立法院26日舉行公務人員退休撫卹法草案公聽會後，27日要接著舉行公立學校教職員退休撫卹條例草案公聽會，下週將會針對公務人員退休撫卹法草案進行逐條審查，並且很有可能在下禮拜完成初審。 記者 張志雄 陳保羅 台北報導