Dua Juta Atau Empat Juta Yang Terjejas? Menteri Kewangan, KWSP Perlu Perjelaskan

“Berapa ramai rakyat terjejas sebab COVID-19 yang perlukan KWSP (Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja)? Lebih empat juta orang atau sekitar dua juta orang?

Demikian persoalan yang ditimbulkan oleh Ahli Parlimen Pontian, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan di dalam ciapannya di Twitter pagi ini.

Justeru Ahmad yang juga Setiausaha Agung UMNO menuntut perjelasan daripada Menteri Kewangan, Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz dan KWSP mengenai perkara demikian.

Katanya lagi, statistik dari KWSP menunjukkan ahli yang aktif adalah seramai 7,626,272 orang dan pencarum yang keluar i-Lestari dari Akaun 2 4.8 juta orang manakala i-Sinar (Akaun 1), KWSP menganggarkan hanya memberi manfaat kepada dua juta ahli.

Untuk rekod, kelmarin KWSP dalam satu kenyataan memperkenalkan kemudahan akses simpanan Akaun 1, i-Sinar yang akan memberi manfaat kepada dua juta ahlinya yang kehilangan pekerjaan, diberi cuti tanpa gaji atau ketiadaan pendapatan bersandarkan kepada beberapa kategori dan syarat seperti bagi ahli yang mempunyai simpanan dalam Akaun 1 bawah RM90,000 dan melebihi amaun tersebut.

Manakala pada Mac lalu, kerajaan mengumumkan kemudahan pengeluaran caruman Akaun 2 KWSP, i-Lestari sebanyak RM500 sebulan selama 12 bulan membabitkan pencarum bawah usia 55 tahun, berkuat kuasa 1 April bagi membantu meringankan beban ditanggung rakyat.

Sebelum ini, UMNO dan Barisan Nasional (BN) secara konsisten menggesa kerajaan Persekutuan agar pembayaran sekaligus diberikan kepada pencarum KWSP berbanding secara berperingkat dan melanjutkan moratorium secara automatik sehingga Jun tahun hadapan bagi membantu rakyat mendepani kesukaran hidup akibat pandemik COVID-19.

18 Nov 2020

Two million or four million? MoF, EPF must explain

HOW many people are actually affected by COVID-19 needs the EPF (Employees Provident Fund)? Over four million people or just two million?
That is the question raised by Pontian Member of Parliament, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan in his tweet on Twitter this morning.
Therefore, Ahmad who is also UMNO Secretary General, demanded an explanation from the Minister of Finance Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz and the EPF on such matters.
He added that statistics from the EPF showed that active members were 7,626,272 people and the contributors who left i-Lestari from Account 2 were 4.8 million people while i-Sinar (Account 1), the EPF estimated to only benefit two million members.
For the record, the EPF in a statement yesterday introduced the Account 1 savings access facility, i-Sinar which will benefit its two million members who lost their jobs, given unpaid leave or lack of income based on several categories and conditions as for members with savings Account 1 below RM90,000 and above that amount.
Meanwhile, in March, the government announced the EPF Account i 2 contribution withdrawal facility, i-Lestari of RM500 per month for 12 months involving contributors under the age of 55, effective April 1 to help ease the burden borne by the people.
Previously, UMNO and Barisan Nasional (BN) have consistently urged the Federal government to pay at once to EPF contributors rather than in stages and extend the moratorium automatically until June next year to help the people facing hardships due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nov 2020
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