The new­ly ap­point­ed In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tors have sig­nalled their in­ten­tions to bring fresh ideas and pri­ori­tise the needs of the pop­u­la­tion, free from par­ti­san pres­sures.

The dis­abled com­mu­ni­ty is of­fer­ing their re­sound­ing sup­port to Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo for her re­cent call on the Gov­ern­ment and Op­po­si­tion to pri­ori­tise the pas­sage of leg­is­la­tion aimed at ad­dress­ing chal­lenges faced by dis­abled cit­i­zens.

As the coun­try awaits an an­nounce­ment at the con­clu­sion of Cab­i­net’s work­ing re­treat this evening, po­lit­i­cal com­men­ta­tors have sug­gest­ed that any re­as­sign­ment of port­fo­lios would not be mean­ing­ful.

A mo­tor ve­hi­cle in­spec­tor with the Trans­port Di­vi­sion of the Min­istry of Works and Trans­port has lost his law­suit over be­ing com­mit­ted to stand tri­al on two charges over an al­leged scheme to trans­fer a stolen ve­hi­cle.