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http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/lawmakers-to-receive-lifelong-pension-even-if-they-end-their-term-early/573067 Lawmakers to Receive Lifelong Pension, Even if They End Their Term Early Markus Junianto Sihaloho | February 21, 2013 Indonesian lawmakers will enjoy a lifelong pension even if they don't complete a full term in office, the acting House of Representatives secretary general confirmed on Thursday. Winantuningtyastiti Swasanani, the acting House secretary general, said that the pension was awarded to lawmakers whose office term had ended and also to those who stepped down before their term was over. She said that the monthly pension amount could reach up to 75 percent of the total basic salary — which ranges between Rp 4.2 million ($433) and up to Rp 16 million. “It depends on their working period,” Winantuningtyastiti explained. House of Representatives Speaker Marzuki Alie said that the pension was not given to lawmakers who were fired disgracefully. Under a law on financial and administrative rights of leaders or members of the state high institution issued in 1980, a pension fund will be awarded to a lawmaker once their office term has ended and it will be terminated if they are appointed to work at another state institution. If a lawmaker dies, the pension fund will be given to the wife or husband, or if their spouse is no longer alive, it will go to their child, provided that they are single and under 25. Winantuningtyastiti said that lawmakers who were allegedly involved in corruption cases could still receive their pension fund if they stepped down before the court made a final and binding decision, as quoted by Merdeka.com. State-owned pension insurance firm Taspen planned to stop providing pension funds to former lawmakers several years ago, as part of a bureaucracy reformed on state finance, but the proposal was not discussed further. Hidayat Nurwahid, the faction head of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), said that no lawmakers from his party objected the law, adding that there were no plans to revise it. He said that it was also never discussed during meetings at the House of Representatives Consultative Body (Bamus). “I don't think this issue is important to discuss about,” Hidayat said, adding that the state also paid for the civil servant's pension fund. He said that PKS would discuss the matter and would revise the law if the public considered it inappropriate. Sutan Bhatoegana, the deputy faction head of the Democratic Party, said that it was not relevant to bring up the issue. “Lawmakers are state officials, I think they deserve it,” Sutan said while asking people to think positively about lawmakers. “Those who make Indonesia as a prosperous nation are executives and legislatives.” “Government officials are not all good, many civil servants are often absent from work but they also get a pension fund,” Sutan said. “So it depends to us, we can get ours right as long as we do our obligation.” Edhie Prabowo, a lawmaker from the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party, said that he did not know if he would receive the pension fund. “As a state official, looking at the current condition of our state, let alone pension fund, I'm ready to return my salary,” he said, adding that lawmakers should not seek money if they decided to nominate themselves as a legislator. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
