OP stops Pheto`s motion
source: Mmegi
BAME PIET
Staff Writer
The Office of the President (OP) has thwarted attempts by Lentsweletau MP, General Moeng Pheto from moving a motion requesting government to come up with clear legislation on the gratuity and pensions of ministers and legislators.
The OP stopped the ex-minister from moving the motion on the promise that it is working tooth and nail to fix the Ministers and National Assembly Gratuities and Pensions Act of 1998.
It appears Pheto’s aborted motion was informed by what is seen as an anomaly in the way pensions and gratuities for ministers are computed. The MP said his aborted motion was informed by what he terms discriminatory practice.
Apparently gratuities and pensions are calculated on the strength of what an MP or minister earns when Parliament is dissolved. Pheto said this is unfair to MPs who served as [continue reading]
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