The Government owes retirees millions after it changed the way in which pensions are calculated over the past three and a half years, said VMRO-DPMNE official Antonio Milososki.

The Kovacevski Government yesterday restored the model of calculating pensions based on the average wage and the cost of living. This will lead to an increase in the midst of a major inflation wave, but Milososki says that the retirees have lost a lot of income over the years.

The automatic increase in pensions was denied to the retirees. Now the old model is back, but the Government won’t reimburse retirees for what it took from them over the years, Milososki said.