Mr. Taylor said, as the 22nd President of Liberia, he is entitled to pension and other benefits as specified in the country’s Act to the retirement pension of the President and Vice President of Liberia which was promulgated by Liberia’s parliament in 2003. The Act also provides that the surviving spouse of a former president shall be entitled to receive annuity equal to fifty percent of the pension received by the former President. In addition, the surviving spouse of the former president shall be entitled to a personal staff and facilities for the remainder of her life. This allowance shall commence as of the date of the death of the Former President, according to the act. On the death of the surviving spouse or if there is no surviving spouse, the pension provided for a surviving spouse shall be paid in equal portions to each of his/her minor children of the deceased President.
