Constitución en Inglés

34 constituteproject.org Colombia 2021 indicated by law, without prejudice to the provisions for infirmity and survivor’s pensions. The requirements for and the benefits resulting from obtaining the right to a disability or survivor’s pension shall be established by the laws of the General Pensions System. In pensionmatters all vested rights are respected. Pension prerequisites and benefits for all persons, including those related to old-age pensions for high-risk activities, shall be established by the Laws on the General Pensions System. No provision may be issued and no contract invoked that would run contrary to the rules thereby enacted. The payment of pensions will be based only on factors related to contributions made by each person. No pension may be lower than the existing monthly legal minimum wage. However, The law may determine the cases in which periodic economic benefits that are lower than the minimum wage may be granted to persons with limited resources who do not fulfill the conditions required for the right to a pension. Upon the entry into force of the present constitutional amendment, there shall be no special or exceptional regimes, notwithstanding provisions that are applicable to the public force and the President of the Republic and provisions of the present article. Persons whose right to a pension comes into existence after the entry into force of the present constitutional amendment may not receive more than thirteen (13) monthly pension payments per year. It is understood that each pension comes into existence at the time when all requirements for obtaining it are met, even if the pension has not yet been recognized.