FILE PHOTO: University students protest against lawmakers over the lifelong pension law, which grants benefits to lawmakers even after leaving office, on a street between the parliament building and the National University of Timor-Leste in Dili, Timor-Leste, on September 17, 2025. - AFP
DILI: East Timor voted on Friday (Sept 26) to scrap the lifetime pension law for MPs and public officials, following student-led demonstrations against lavish perks in one of South-East Asia's poorest countries.
Former MPs and some public officials are entitled under a law passed in 2006 to a pension equivalent to their salary.
