COMMENT | MP pensions: Time to revise elected reps’ paycheques

COMMENT | There has been much discussion about the exorbitant pensions that MPs, ministers and state assemblypersons receive after the “expose” by KiniNews Lab last week.

The report drew criticisms against our system, which has allowed the MPs to enrich themselves all this while, especially when the rakyat is further burdened with the increasing costs of living.

From the poll conducted by Malaysiakini, 96 percent of the 8,035 respondents supported the idea that the MPs’ pension scheme should be abolished and that they should be diverted to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contribution as...