East Timor To Scrap MP Pensions And SUVs After Protests

Source: International Business Times

East Timor's parliament says it will scrap lifetime pensions for MPs following student-led protests in one of southeast Asia's poorest nations AFP East Timor's parliament on Wednesday said it would scrap lifetime pensions for MPs, bowing to public pressure after dropping a plan to buy SUVs for lawmakers in one of southeast Asia's poorest nations. Student-led demonstrations against the multi-million dollar purchase drew thousands this week in the capital Dili, with demonstrators and police clashing two days in a row. Protesters' demands initially focused on cancelling the $4.