Former MPs to be investigated
The National Authority for the Investigation of Economic Crimes (OEKOKRIM) has decided to open investigation into a case where six former MPs are alleged to have received higher pensions than they were entitled to.In August last year it became known that the Auditor General had concluded that the six members of Parliament had unlawfully received altogether NOK 5,7 million more in pension payments than they had been entitled to.
The six have said that they had submitted their pension claims based on the Parliament's own pension regulations, and that they had acted in good faith. Among the six are former prime ministers Gro Harlem Brundtland and Kjell Magne Bondevik.
Criticism has also been directed at the Parliament's own handling and interpretation of the pension regulations, and many have proposed that the MPs pensions be handled by an outside agency.
Courtsey of Norway Post.
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