Iraqi Activists Seek to End Pensions for Parliament

Post-retirement pensions for members of Iraq's Council of Representatives has provoked a heated debate among Iraqi civil activists.
Members of the new Iraqi Parliament attend a session at the Parliament headquarters in Baghdad, November 11, 2010. Iraq's fractious politicians have agreed to return Shi'ite Nuri al-Maliki as prime minister, ending an eight-month deadlock that raised fears of renewed sectarian war, but leaving some Sunnis sceptical he can forge national unity. The pact on top government posts brings together Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds in a power-sharing arrangement similar to the last Iraqi government and could help prevent
Members of the Iraqi parliament attend a session in Baghdad, Nov. 11, 2010. - REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani
Ali Abel Sadah
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Iraqi civil activists are trying to prevent the current members of parliament from being granted pensions after their term expires in spring 2014.

A source in the Iraqi parliament said in a statement to Al-Monitor, “It is possible for the Iraqi parliament to pass a law next month that annuls the retirement salaries of the members of parliament and provincial councils.”

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