Ex-legislators to get allowance

Ex-legislators to get allowance

KUPANG, E. Nusa Tenggara: Former East Timor legislators who
have opted to retain Indonesian citizenship will receive a
monthly allowance of Rp 1.5 million to Rp 1 million for 30
months.

Head of East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Social Aid Bureau Stanis Tefa
said on Sunday that the decision to that effect, contained in
presidential decree No.50/2002, had followed a joint decision of
the Ministries of Home Affairs and Finance.

Stanis said, in the case of former East Timor legislators who
had died, the financial allowance would be payable to their heirs
such as their wife or children.

"This means that former East Timor DPRD members who have now
returned to Timor Leste will have no right to such financial
allowance", Stanis Tefa said.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has yet to complete its listing
of former East Timor legislators eligible for the financial
allowance.

Eligible former legislators will have only until the end of
the year to receive the allowance, beyond which they will forfeit
their right to it. --Antara