MPs reject vehicle maintenance allowance for House chiefs, PM
Lawmakers have agreed that top politicians should get allowances and fringe benefits but refused what they termed as unwarranted extravagance, especially lump sum allowances.
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Lawmakers have agreed that top politicians should get allowances and fringe benefits but refused what they termed as unwarranted extravagance, especially lump sum allowances.The decision taken when the standing committee on social affairs presented its final report on the draft organic law determining allowances and benefits for top politicians, as earlier tabled by the Minister of Public Service and Labour, Anastase Murekezi.MPs voted against the idea of giving politicians in the second category – the Prime Minister; the President of Senate and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies – a lump sum allowance for their vehicles, saying the category was already sufficiently catered for.