Previous governments knew the growing pensions bill is a burden on the country’s finances but only the unity government has the political will to address it, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today.
Putrajaya should reconsider plans to stop pensionable employment of incoming civil servants and find alternatives that also reduce national spending on pensions, Perikatan Nasional (PN) Youth leader Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal said.
Putrajaya should first review the pensions of elected representatives and those holding government posts, before switching to a non-pensionable scheme for civil servants, the Congress of Employees’ Unions in the Public and Civil Services (Cuepacs) said.
