Timor-Leste reverses decision to buy new cars for parliamentarians after student protests | ABC NEWS
Timor-Leste’s parliament scrapped a plan to grant lifetime pension allowances to lawmakers, bowing to days of student-led protests.
Earlier, more than 1,000 students protested for a third day in front of the parliamentary building in Dili, demanding that the government cancel plans to provide lifetime pension allowances for MPs.
Reporting via Reuters/The World. Social version by David Douglas Stuart for ABC News Digital.
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