No pension for 64 MPs if parliament is dissolved tomorrow
March 1, 2020 09:47 pm
If the parliament of Sri Lanka is dissolved at midnight tomorrow (02) as planned, 64 parliamentarians will lose out on their pensions.
A Member of Parliament must complete a five-year tenure to receive pension rights.
Accordingly, the United National Party (UNP) parliamentarians will lose the most pension rights, with 36 MPs in total who might lose the right.
Additionally, 21 United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) MPs, 6 Tamil National Alliance (TNA) MPs, and one JVP MP lose their pension rights.
The Gazette Extraordinary pertaining to the dissolution of the parliament is set to be published at midnight tomorrow, government sources told Ada Derana.
