In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors are stand­ing firm on their de­ci­sion to re­ject the Zones of Spe­cial Op­er­a­tions Bill, in­sist­ing their sup­port would on­ly be giv­en if cru­cial amend­ments are un­der­tak­en.

Se­nior coun­sels An­tho­ny Vieira and Michael de la Bastide, as well as Dr De­siree Mur­ray, made their po­si­tions clear while speak­ing out­side the Red House ahead of the Sen­ate ses­sion yes­ter­day.

In sep­a­rate in­ter­views, the three in­de­pen­dents told Guardian Me­dia they sup­port ZOSO in prin­ci­ple, but they re­main adamant that Gov­ern­ment should con­sid­er their amend­ments if they plan to rein­tro­duce the leg­is­la­tion.