The Law As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go has con­demned what it de­scribed as “un­war­rant­ed at­tacks on the in­de­pen­dence and in­tegri­ty of the in­de­pen­dent bench in the Sen­ate,” warn­ing that the trend of un­der­min­ing pub­lic in­sti­tu­tions must be “reined in.”

In a state­ment is­sued on Ju­ly 6, the As­so­ci­a­tion said it was “deeply con­cerned” by the pub­lic crit­i­cism lev­elled at in­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors who did not sup­port the Prime Min­is­ter’s Pen­sion (Amend­ment) Bill, 2025.

“Sad­ly, how­ev­er, par­tic­u­lar­ly where our pub­lic in­sti­tu­tions and pub­lic fig­ures are con­cerned, their in­de­pen­dence and in­tegri­ty are of­ten called in­to ques­tion when­ev­er they hold or ex­press views or per­spec­tives which dif­fer from those of our politi­cians,” the re­lease said. “This is a trend which must be reined in.”