Outcry in Solomons over MP terminal grants

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Updated July 28, 2009 17:23:37

In Solomon Islands there's been public outcry over the Parliamentary Entitlements Commission's decision to award members of parliament huge increases in allowances and so-called 'terminal grants'. They include an eight-fold increase in M-P's tax free terminal grants at the end of their four-year term.

Presenter: Sam Seke
Speaker: Bob Pollard, Chairman of the Solomon Islands Chapter of Transparency International

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