Friday , 26 April 2024
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Bills concerning the elders were overlooked by the High Authority of Transition´s presidency. Associations are displaying their disappointment

Disappointment for elders

For having been approved by a legal parliament in 2008 and by a High Constitutional Court, the bill was supposed to come into force long ago. But it did not.

Elders will have to wait even longer for their green cards deemed to grant them access to some social support.

The Island has now some two million people aged 60 and more, 80% of them are women. They are making 10% of the Malagasy population