Minister: Planned pension cut for top pre-1989 officials will affect 3,000

A planned cut to the old-age pensions of prominent figures in the pre-1989 Communist regime will affect around 3,000 people, the Czech minister of social affairs, Marian Jurečka, said on Wednesday. The one-time officials will lose CZK 300 a month for each year, or year started, in their posts under draft legislation, which should take effect in 2024. A list of those concerned will be created by the Institute for the Study of Totalitarian Regimes, Mr. Jurečka said.

The bill will affect members of or candidates for the Central Committee of the Communist Party, chairs of parliamentary and national committees, general and chief military prosecutors, selected soldiers and high-ranking police officers, as well as top members of the People’s Militia and border service.