Gov’t moves to repeal age qualification for legislator pension

Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh last Thursday tabled the Pensions (President, Parliamentary and Special Offices Amendment) Bill 2010, which seeks to ensure that a legislator is not disqualified for pension because he did not attain the age of forty.

“This Bill seeks to repeal section 10 (1) (c) of the Pensions (President, Parliamentary and Special Offices) Act to remove the requirement for the