The Joint Trade Union Move­ment (JTUM) is call­ing for the im­me­di­ate with­draw­al of Le­gal No­tice No. 40 of 2026, which es­tab­lish­es 15 no-protest zones un­der the State of Emer­gency reg­u­la­tions.

In a state­ment to­day, JTUM said it re­mains ful­ly com­mit­ted to sup­port­ing le­gal and de­mo­c­ra­t­ic mea­sures aimed at re­duc­ing crime, law­less­ness and vi­o­lence, but ar­gued that the re­stric­tions in­ter­fere with the rights of cit­i­zens and the trade union move­ment.

Un­der the le­gal no­tice is­sued by the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice, peo­ple par­tic­i­pat­ing in peace­ful pub­lic protests or demon­stra­tions are pro­hib­it­ed from be­ing at, or with­in 500 me­tres of, sev­er­al state in­sti­tu­tions and fa­cil­i­ties across Trinidad and To­ba­go.