Hon Speaker, I move the draft resolution printed in my name on the Order Paper, as follows:
That the House -
1) notes the recommendations contained in the report of the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers of 11 November 2010 on the pension and other pension benefits of the former President, Mr K P Motlanthe;
2) recognises that the time of retirement of a President is when the term of office of a President ends upon a vacancy occurring or when the person next elected President by the National Assembly assumes office;
3) further recognises that the resolution which the House adopted on 26 September 2008, in respect of pension and other pension benefits of Presidents and former Presidents, applies to all retired Presidents including former President Motlanthe; and
4) therefore resolves that -
a) the current Deputy President shall receive the pension benefits as determined by the resolution of the National Assembly on 26 September 2008;
b) the current Deputy President shall receive no salary for his services as Deputy President, except those benefits and privileges which are necessary to enable the Deputy President to carry out his functions; and
c) this resolution shall be effective from 9 May 2009.
Agreed to.