PM defends age-limit Bill, attacks PNM and Independent senators

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar is de­fend­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion to raise the le­gal age lim­its for gam­bling, mar­i­jua­na, al­co­hol and to­bac­co, while launch­ing a scathing at­tack on the Op­po­si­tion PNM and In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors who vot­ed against the leg­is­la­tion.

In a so­cial me­dia post fol­low­ing the Sen­ate’s pas­sage of the Bill, Per­sad-Bisses­sar said the Gov­ern­ment bench vot­ed in favour of the leg­is­la­tion, while the PNM and In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors vot­ed against it.

The Mis­cel­la­neous Pro­vi­sions (Al­co­hol, Cannabis, Dan­ger­ous Drugs, Gam­bling and To­bac­co) Bill, 2026 was passed ear­ly Wednes­day morn­ing by a 15-12 vote.