A Partnership for National Unity will today table a Bill to amend the Former Presidents Benefits and Other Facilities Act 2009 reiterating that while they have no problem with the President’s pension per se, it is the other benefits that appear to be limitless in a country with limited resources.
The tabling of this Bill follows up on the adopting of a motion just last week to have a parliamentary committee examine the President’s benefits and other facilities with a view to revising the superannuation packages related to office holders entitled to pension and benefits under the Parliamentary Holders and Special Offices Act and for the repeal of the Former President’s Pension and Other Facilities Act.
Speaking to the merits of the Bill, APNU Member of Parliament Carl Greenidge told Stabroek News yesterday that the amendments to the principal Act seek to put caps and limits on some of the
