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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Senator says Seetahal's death a blow to the country

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In a state­ment e-mailed to the T&T Guardian yes­ter­day evening, In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tor He­len Dray­ton, who is out of the coun­try, ex­pressed her shock at the mur­der of Dana See­ta­hal, SC.

She wrote: "Dana See­ta­hal, SC, was a dear friend and her loss is a per­son­al blow. More so, it is a blow to the coun­try at sev­er­al lev­els. In ju­rispru­dence, in her prac­ti­cal ex­pla­na­tion of the law to the man in the street, in her ad­vo­ca­cy for so­cial jus­tice, as a rea­soned voice on na­tion­al mat­ters of im­por­tance whether these had to do with the law, ed­u­ca­tion, the econ­o­my, and not in the least, the qual­i­ty of gov­er­nance.

"She loved this coun­try with all of her heart, she served it well, and her ded­i­ca­tion, res­olute­ness, and courage of con­vic­tion are virtues I have most ad­mired. What a sad and trau­mat­ic state of af­fairs for her fam­i­ly, and the coun­try.

"The man­ner in which she has died must send more fear through­out the coun­try. We must avoid spec­u­la­tion in these mat­ters. Im­por­tant­ly, crime must not be politi­cised.

"For Dana to have gone so soon, and for her to have died this way is es­pe­cial­ly painful. We sat on the In­de­pen­dent bench to­geth­er for three years, and as a new Sen­a­tor back in 2007/8, I'd learnt from her. We had main­tained our friend­ship ever since. We shared notes, and af­ter she left the Sen­ate, she would of­ten call me, vol­un­tar­i­ly, to give her views on bills be­fore the Sen­ate.

"My sin­cer­est con­do­lences to her fam­i­ly. May she rest in peace."


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