PNM screens 13 candidates for THA elections

The PNM To­ba­go Coun­cil has now se­lect­ed 13 can­di­dates af­ter screen­ing sev­er­al in­di­vid­u­als to con­test the up­com­ing To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) elec­tions.

Po­lit­i­cal leader An­cil Den­nis told Guardian Me­dia that dur­ing the par­ty’s sec­ond screen­ing ses­sion on Mon­day night, 11 nom­i­nees were in­ter­viewed and six were cho­sen, bring­ing the to­tal num­ber of con­firmed can­di­dates to 13 out of the 15 elec­toral dis­tricts.

Two dis­tricts re­main with­out can­di­dates: Bagatelle/Ba­co­let and one in the east. Nom­i­na­tions for the east­ern dis­trict of Par­latu­vi­er/L’Anse Four­mi/Spey­side will re­open to­day, and Den­nis said the par­ty ex­pects to com­plete all screen­ings by the end of Ju­ly.

He de­scribed the slate as a mix of young and ex­pe­ri­enced peo­ple who are ac­tive in their com­mu­ni­ties. “I’m ex­cit­ed about the group,” Den­nis said, adding that he be­lieves they are ca­pa­ble of de­liv­er­ing if elect­ed.

He al­so urged for­mer and cur­rent PNM sup­port­ers to ral­ly be­hind the team, say­ing the par­ty is prepar­ing to re­turn “good gov­er­nance” to To­ba­go and will soon un­veil its plans for the is­land.

The cur­rent THA term ends on De­cem­ber 6. The next elec­tion is con­sti­tu­tion­al­ly due with­in 90 days of that date, which could lead to an ear­ly poll in 2026.