MPs must also pay premium for social security system

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SURINAME – MP Arthur Tjin A Tsoi (NF/NPS) recently pointed out that members of the National Assembly must also participate in the pension plan and basic health insurance plan that are currently being formulated. Legislators currently do not have to pay anything but are entitled to a pension and health insurance package for the rest of their lives after their 5-year term. “We must not make a law for the people to take that risk while we are home and dry,” MP Tjin A Tsoi told Times of Suriname.(foto:DNA)…[+]