PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar chided the Law Association (LATT) in the ongoing row over the impartiality of the independent senators, as she addressed a UNC Monday Night Forum rally at Penal on July 7. Recently, Senate Leader Darrell Allahar had questioned the impartiality of two independent senators during a debate on the Prime Minister's Pension (Amendment) Bill, and was later supported by UNC PRO Dr Kirk Meighoo questioning one senator's standing.

However on July 7, a statement by LATT lamented the criticism of the independent senators, saying attacks on public figures were "a trend which must be reined in."

LATT said it was not in TT's interest to suggest that whenever views were expressed different to their own, the persons expressing them were unprincipled or lacking in independence and integrity.