Maputo – Mozambique’s President Armando Guebuza has vetoed a bill that would have granted him and fellow lawmakers generous retirement perks following a public outcry, his spokesperson said on Monday.
“The Head of State decided… that these laws should be sent back to parliament for reconsideration,” presidential spokesperson Edson Macuacua told AFP.
Guebuza, 71, had “taken into account the opinions that arose around these laws,” Macuacua added.
Some of the proposed perks included first class air tickets for the president and his family when they go on holidays.
Other perks included life-long retirement benefits for lawmakers – even those who have served only a single five-year term.
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the capital, Maputo, in May to express outrage over the measures, accusing the ruling elite of enriching themselves at the expense of the poor…
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