Government reboot on multiple pensions bills
The government has gone back to the drawing board to tweak its bills regarding multiple pensions given to certain state officials, MPs heard on Monday.
An official with the finance ...
Bill to axe multiple pensions to be put before house plenary ‘in the next few weeks’
Legislation to bring to an end the practice of paying multiple pensions to government officials is to be brought before a plenary session of parliament “in the next few weeks”, ...
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Government ridicules Disy MP remarks over multiple pensions
The government on Tuesday rubbished remarks by Disy MP Onoufrios Koullas, saying he was intentionally trying to mislead public opinion regarding multiple pensions awarded to officials, especially in relation to ...
MPs slam government bill to cut multiple pensions
Ruling and opposition MPs alike criticised a government bill that aspired to regulate the issue of multiple pensions for officials, during a House finance committee meeting on Monday.
Presenting the ...
Our View: Bills on multiple pensions do not go far enough
News of a proposed bill, tabled to parliament by the finance ministry and intended to resolve the issue of multiple pensions, is very welcome – but the proposed solution is still ...
Our View: Political pension overhaul long overdue
For years, people have been complaining about the scandal of the multiple pensions collected by politicians and state officials. Some of these officials, having served in different posts, were collecting ...
Parties submit proposals for renouncement of multiple pensions
Disy and Diko on Thursday submitted a joint proposal which would allow government officials to renounce their multiple pensions.
The proposal would allow those appointed or elected to a public ...
Keravnos expects party meeting to resolve multiple pensions spat
“It’s a joke” to say the government is replacing multiple pensions for government officials are being replaced by “tips”, Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said on Thursday.
He underlined he ...
Our View: Auditor-general overstepping his position in opposing pension bills
Many people are of the view that because the auditor-general has battled corruption and commendably exposed scandals and irregularities in the public sector, he has earned the right to carry ...
‘Govt does not wish to solve problem’ of multiple pensions
The government “does not wish to solve the problem” of multiple pensions being paid to government officials, the audit service said on Wednesday.
In an eight-point statement on the matter, ...
Plans afoot to abolish multiple pensions
Plans are afoot to abolish the practice of paying multiple pensions to government officials, it was revealed on Friday.
Finance Minister Makis Keravnos said the government “is determined to continue ...
Audit office joins spat over multiple pensions
The audit office on Friday hit out on the issue of multiple pensions for state officials, saying the attorney-general (AG) did not have the power to unilaterally declare something constitutional ...
Our View: Nobody who served as an official should accept multiple pensions
Under pressure from the media, some parties and the auditor-general, the government has decided to rationalise the law surrounding multiple pensions. Permanent secretary at the finance ministry Giorgos Panteli said ...
Government promises to sort out multiple pensions mess
The government on Monday pledged to bring legislation regulating the controversial matter of multiple pensions paid out to state officials, but wouldn’t commit to a timeline.
In parliament, finance ...
Disy leader seeking to limit pensions of state officials
Disy leader Averof Neophytou is asking parliament to revisit two proposals he had submitted in 2016 regulating salaries received by retired individuals appointed to state positions and extending the ministers’ and ...