US EditionSri Lankan lawmakers scrap their pensions in a sweeping vote
The bill passed by 154 of 225 lawmakers ends pensions for current and former MPs, fulfilling a campaign promise amid Sri Lanka's ongoing economic crisis and public discontent.
- Sri Lanka's parliament abolished pensions for all legislators and their widows in a sweeping vote.
- The ruling leftist government has a two-thirds majority and repealed the 49-year-old Parliamentary Pensions Act.
- Under the previous law, members of parliament were entitled to a pension after completing five years in office.
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After serving a five-year term, parliamentarians in Sri Lanka were entitled to a pension. Now, every member of parliament must give up that right, even...
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Sri Lankan lawmakers scrap their pensions in a sweeping vote
Sri Lankan legislators overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the ruling Marxist-leaning government delivers a key campaign promise amid public anger over the economic crisis.
Sri Lanka: Lawmakers Vote To Scrap Their Pensions
By Enyichukwu Enemanna Members of Sri Lanka’s Parliament have voted to end their pensions, fulfilling a key campaign promise by the country’s left-leaning government, following anger over the country’s economic crisis. The bill was approved late Tuesday when 154 in the 225-member parliament voted in support. Only two lawmakers voted against, while the rest were absent during the voting, an official statement by the Sri Lankan parliament says. Un…
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