Morris to challenge Shamfa for PNM leadership

For­mer Mi­nor­i­ty Leader Kelvon Mor­ris will chal­lenge for­mer To­ba­go West MP Sham­fa Cud­joe for lead­er­ship of the PNM To­ba­go Coun­cil.

Mor­ris an­nounced his can­di­da­cy in a Face­book Live on March 12, one week af­ter Cud­joe threw her hat in the ring.

Mor­ris said he is ready for the re­spon­si­bil­i­ty and cred­it­ed his tenure as the sole PNM as­sem­bly­man in the last THA ad­min­is­tra­tion with build­ing his char­ac­ter.

“My vi­sion is clear and my man­date is clear­er,” Mor­ris said.

He called for the par­ty to “lis­ten more close­ly”, find prac­ti­cal so­lu­tions for young peo­ple, and build the econ­o­my.

“Above all, we must re­build be­lief that the PNM re­mains a par­ty that lis­tens, the PNM re­mains a par­ty that learns, and the PNM re­mains a par­ty that leads.”

The PNM lost the last THA elec­tions by a land­slide, 15–0, the third straight poll the par­ty has failed to win.

Cur­rent PNM To­ba­go Coun­cil leader An­cil Den­nis an­nounced his de­ci­sion to step aside af­ter the par­ty’s de­feat on Jan­u­ary 12.

The PNM will be seek­ing its fourth leader in six years since Tra­cy David­son-Ce­les­tine beat for­mer Chief Sec­re­tary Kelvin Charles in the 2020 PNM in­ter­nal elec­tions.