🌟 Seniors and Their Families: Pay Close Attention to What the OBA Doesn't Say

🗳️ As Bermuda’s seniors prepare to vote in the advance poll on Monday and Tuesday, it's crucial to examine the One Bermuda Alliance’s (OBA) election platform, which remains completely silent on the issue of pensions.

📈 For years, the Progressive Labour Party (PLP) government has ensured that seniors’ pensions keep pace with inflation, providing consistent increases to support their cost of living. In stark contrast, the OBA’s platform offers no commitments, guarantees, or reassurances regarding pensions.

🔍 Key Highlights of PLP’s 2025 Platform:

• Annual Pension Increases: Committed to increasing pensions annually in line with inflation.
• Restoration of Cost-of-Living Increases: Restoring increases for public sector retirees that were frozen in 2014.

❓ What does the OBA’s platform say about pensions?
Absolutely nothing! There’s not a single mention of this critical issue affecting Bermuda’s seniors and disabled citizens. Is the OBA’s policy on pensions still, “money doesn’t grow on trees?” Bermuda’s pensioners are left to guess, as the OBA’s platform fails to provide any policy details. But history provides a clear warning.

📜 A Look Back:

• In 2012, the OBA’s platform was silent on pensions.
• Following that election, seniors waited four years for a pension increase—conveniently, in an election year.
• The PLP government corrected this injustice, ensuring seniors didn’t fall further behind.

🚨 While the OBA attempts to distract voters with misleading claims about actuarial reports—which, contrary to their claims, have not been delayed—the PLP remains focused on delivering for seniors.

💪 PLP’s Commitment:

• Pension Increases: Under our leadership, pensions have been increased in line with inflation.
• Healthcare Support: Adding a specialist visit to FutureCare to reduce co-pays for seniors and families.
• Senior Daycare Facilities: Constructing at least one senior daycare facility to ease financial pressure on the “sandwich generation.”

🏆 If the OBA wants to make this election about pensions, the PLP is ready. Our record speaks for itself - we have kept our promise to increase seniors’ pensions every year. Seniors and their families should ask themselves: which party has demonstrated a commitment to protecting and supporting them? The answer is clear - it’s the Progressive Labour Party.