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GOVERNMENT secured the necessary votes it needed from independent senators to pass the Prime Minister’s Pension Amendment Bill 2025 in the Senate on June 30.

The bill amends the Prime Minister’s Pension Act Chapter 2:51 to require a person to serve at least one year as Prime Minister to qualify for the $87,000 monthly pension.

This means Port of Spain North/St Ann’s West MP Stuart Young, SC, who was prime minister from March 17 to April 30 will no longer be entitled to the prime minister’s pension.