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Friday, July 18, 2025

Independent senator wants to stay on

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At least one In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tor says he is pre­pared to serve his full five-year term de­spite the fact that a new Pres­i­dent will as­sume of­fice in March. In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tor Dr Vic­tor Wheel­er told re­porters yes­ter­day he had not giv­en any con­sid­er­a­tion to ten­der­ing his res­ig­na­tion to Pres­i­dent-elect An­tho­ny Car­mona as he was ap­point­ed by Pres­i­dent Richards.

For­mer pres­i­dent of the Law As­so­ci­a­tion and for­mer In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tor Dana See­ta­hal is among those who have said that the prop­er thing to do would be for the In­de­pen­dents to re­sign and give the in­com­ing Pres­i­dent a chance to de­cide who he want­ed to serve in that ca­pac­i­ty. The nine In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tors are ap­point­ed by the Pres­i­dent.

Wheel­er, who vot­ed in favour of Pres­i­dent-elect Car­mona min­utes be­fore, at yes­ter­day's meet­ing of the elec­toral col­lege, said he "was ap­point­ed for a term of five years and I am car­ry­ing on as be­fore." Wheel­er said he was pleased the in­com­ing Pres­i­dent was elect­ed unan­i­mous­ly and with­out any fuss, and felt it was a sign of things to come.

In­de­pen­dent sen­a­tor Corinne Bap­tiste-McK­night said the elec­tion was his­toric as T&T "was get­ting an­oth­er good Pres­i­dent. We are a lucky coun­try." Asked to com­ment on calls for the In­de­pen­dents to re­sign, McK­night and her col­league He­len Dray­ton con­tin­ued their hasty re­treat.


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