UNC accuses Independent senators of bias ahead of key Pension Bill vote
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Elections 2025
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June 30, 2025
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Stories by Akash Samaroo
The United National Congress (UNC) launched a scathing attack on the Independent Senate bench yesterday, not only questioning their independence but inferring that the President, who has close PNM ties, placed them there to thwart the government.
This came one day before the Senate was set to debate the controversial Prime Minister’s Pension (Amendment) Bill, 2025 which will effectively disqualify Stuart Young from receiving a prime minister’s pension for having failed to hold office for at least one year.
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