The National Public Pensions House rejects the information that 2.2 million pensions were calculated incorrectly

The National House of Public Pensions (CNPP) rejects claims that 2.2 million pensions were calculated incorrectly and explains that the figure resulted from extrapolating spot checks conducted by the Court of Accounts.

CNPP President Vasilica Valentina Robu says that 2.2 million files were not checked and that the report does not establish that all of them contain errors. As part of the audit, several files were reviewed on a sample basis, and the results were extrapolated to the entire system. According to the institution, such a method does not support the conclusion that all pensions were calculated incorrectly.

The clarifications come after the Court of Accounts’ report on activity in 2024 mentioned irregularities in payments made by the territorial pension houses. Some differences resulted in overpayments and others in underpayments following recalculations.

CNPP says it is reviewing the reported cases and that, where differences are confirmed, pensioners will receive the amounts owed retroactively, from the date on which they became legally entitled to them. The institution notes that a Court of Accounts audit generally takes between four and six months and covers CNPP’s entire activity. In 2024, the territorial pension houses paid approximately 136 billion lei from the state social insurance budget.