OPPOSITION Senator Dr Amery Browne says he hopes the attacks on independent senators do not prevent others from taking up the call to serve on the independent bench, following the death of independent senator Deoroop Teemal on August 3.

Speaking to media after signing the condolence book for Teemal at the Red House, Port of Spain, on August 4, Browne was asked whether he thought the criticism by the UNC would negatively influence people from taking up the calls to be independent senators.

“Criticism is one thing, but a campaign of pressure designed to even alter the independence of one’s voice and disrespect to one’s constitutional role is another thing.