If you did not collect the Universal Pension, after the electoral closure you will be able to receive it –

If for any reason in the month of March you could not collect the support corresponding to the PUniversal Pension Program for Older Adults, Do not worry, once the election day is over in the State of Mexico you will be able to receive the appeal, there is nothing to worry about, as he mentioned Juan Carlos González Romero, State Delegate of Federal Government Welfare Programs in the State of Mexico.

After going to Nemesio Diez Stadium in Toluca to supervise the application of the second vaccination day antiCOVID, the federal official acknowledged that Wellness Programs are totally suspended until the elections of the 2 June 2021, so he asked those who could not collect their support to wait and once this period is over they will be able to receive them. Also, they will be able to register once the closure is over.

“We ask that you do not worry, in July when the closure passes you will receive them, this will be like a kind of storage because they will be able to collect two more two-month period in July and August, three two-month periods,” he said.

They will be able to collect support

Last March, Micaela Velasco 79 years old and her daughter, Martha, who is in charge of it, could not collect the support corresponding to the Older Adults program because the notice arrived at the wrong time. They feared that they would no longer be given anything or, in any case, that in the event of non-attendance they would withdraw her from said program. They indicated that they approached personnel from the Welfare Secretariat who informed them that once the electoral ban is over, they will be able to gather support without any problem.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Marta said that they will use the storage that they collected in previous months for the expenses generated during May and June, they are more comfortable knowing that they will not be affected by not attending the delivery during March.

Although the State Delegate of Programs for the Welfare of the Federal Government, mentioned that in the Mexico state there is an approximate of 1.9 million of older adults, although there is no concrete figure of how many receive the support of older adults, he mentioned that they are paid in three ways through Bansefi, Telecomm and others in cash.

Pension

The program serves all adults over the age of 68 throughout the country, and adults over 65 who live in municipalities that are members of indigenous peoples. The pension for him Well-being of the Elderly consists of financial support from 2,550 pesos every two months. At the moment, the electoral day is taking place so the registration is suspended and the delivery of the appeal as well.

Laura Velasquez

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