Specifically, the proposed law touches on two different cases of divorced spouses who are deceased.
As Mr. Leonidou in his statements after the end of the meeting, the first case concerns a man who marries the same spouse twice, after mediating a divorce. "It is proposed that the entire period during which the two persons were spouses (the total period of marital cohabitation) be taken into account in the calculation of the widow's pension after the husband has passed away," the MP explained.
The second case concerns the case of a spouse who passes away after having celebrated more than one marriage. In this case, Leonidou proposed that "the pension should be distributed proportionally to the surviving spouses, based on the duration of each marriage".
The MP noted that "these proposals are intended to create conditions of equality between spouses" and called for these issues to be examined carefully, with examples from the legislation of other countries, such as Greece, where "there is such a regulation, which is both fair and correct", he said.
"We have indicated to the services a problem that society is facing and we have to look at it in its proper dimensions," he said, stressing that none of the spouses should be wronged through this legislative project.
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