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Some political blocs in Iraq believe that the demand to abolish retirement pensions for former MPs is a ploy by one political party to restore its popularity after losing in the recent local elections.
Iraqi MP Hanan al-Fatlawi, a member of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s State of Law Coalition, announced on June 18 that she and 10 other MPs submitted to the Iraqi Council of Representatives a draft law to abolish pensions for MPs and members of the provincial and municipal councils. She noted that another draft law will be submitted to reduce the salaries of high-ranking appointed officials.
