Law Association to Cabinet: Don’t put us at risk
Stuart Young -
THE Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) in a statement on Monday complained that recent government remarks speculating about links between local lawyers and illegal migrants from Venezuela could put individual lawyers at risk and taint the legal profession overall.
But in an immediate reply titled Lawyers are not above the law, Minister of National Security Stuart Young said it is quite fair to ask how certain lawyers were getting access to illegal migrants entering the country.
LATT accused the Prime Minister and Young of derogatory remarks against members of the legal profession, apparently referring to last Wednesday s post-Cabinet briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann s.