At € 3 million is the tip to be shared by 20 former MPs who failed to be re-elected or did not claim re-election.
According to the newspaper "Politis", 10 of them count from two parliamentary terms or more. The tip of the members of Parliament is paid tax free. DISY MPs Xenia Konstantinou and Solidarity MP Roula Georgiadou as well as DISY MP Michalis Sophocleous are not entitled to a tip based on the current legislation. The list of 20 also includes the former Speaker of Parliament Adamos Adamou, who is entitled to a tip only for his term as an MP as he has not completed the 24 months provided by law for the by-elections in order to become a beneficiary from his position. Speaker of Parliament. The payments from the General Accounting Office are made following data transmitted by the accounting department of the Parliament ".
According to the same publication, "former MPs with a completed term will receive a tip of € 75.728 and at the same time are entitled to a pension of € 1.354 per month, while with a completed two terms or more the tip reaches € 208.530 and the monthly pension of € 3.720. It is noted that the payment of pensions for MPs starts from the 60th year of their age.
To the amount of € 3 million is added approximately € 300.000 that the General Accounting Office of the Republic recently paid as a tip to Dimitris Syllouris and Christakis Tziovanis. The General Accounting Office proceeded to the payment of the tip of the two as the criminal investigation that is in progress against them for any abuse of their position could not be a reason for the deprivation or even the delay of its payment ".
Source: Sigmalive