First term MP's worried they might not get benefits!!??

Read this in The Star today.

It seems that 'a big section of the first-term Barisan MPs and assemblymen in the other states apparently do not want the general elections before April.' Do you want to know the reason why?

Here's why: 'This is because they have not reached their three-year term and that would mean they lose their gratuities and pensions if they lost or are not renominated to contest.'

Some of us (the normal ordinary rakyat) would have to work for a minimum of 15 years to get benefits (pension, etc.) unlike them - only 3 years??!!

I thought the first and main reason why they want to be MPs and assemblymen is because they want to serve the Rakyat. Rewards, benefits, gratuities should be secondary. The joy of 'serving the people' should be a benefit in itself...

I guess that's just a dream in this Bolehland...