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BY a special majority vote, the House of Representatives on June 27 passed a bill to limit the award of a pension to a prime minister to those individuals who serve at least one year in the post. Some 27 MPs on the government side backed the bill, while 11 opposition MPs present abstained.

Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo piloted the Prime Minister’s Pension (Amendment) Bill 2025. He said the bill was serving "to right a wrong," but the opposition alleged it targeted a single individual.

Earlier, former prime minister Stuart Young in a Facebook post vowed to skip debate on the bill, on principle.