TOP leader Ash­worth Jack says the TOP is now do­ing a post mortem of the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly elec­tion and hasn't lodged any of­fi­cial com­plaint with the Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion on the out­come.And he re­mains mum on whether or when he plans re­sign­ing from the TOP lead­er­ship.

Jack was asked about a re­port­ed claim that TOP was com­plain­ing of­fi­cial­ly to the EBC about al­leged vot­er-padding in the Jan­u­ary 21 elec­tion.

The Op­po­si­tion PNM swept the 12 THA seats and in the process oust­ing Jack from not on­ly the mi­nor­i­ty par­ty place in the As­sem­bly, but Jack him­self from the Ma­son Hall seat.

The Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion's com­mu­ni­ca­tions di­vi­sion in Trinidad said it had not re­ceived any of­fi­cial TOP com­plaint. The EBC's To­ba­go of­fi­cer Pamela Ogiste said the elec­tion process had gone smooth­ly and she had seen no sign of vot­er padding.

Jack said he knew noth­ing about the pub­lished re­port since he had been "out" for a few days, but was now back to work, and that the TOP was now set­tling down to do­ing a post mortem of the poll. He said the TOP "has been look­ing at some stuff" but de­clined to give de­tails, and said no one had been au­tho­rised to is­sue a news re­lease about vot­er padding.

Jack was asked whether he had spo­ken to the par­ty or ex­ec­u­tive about his po­lit­i­cal fu­ture, as he promised last week to do. He then re­peat­ed that TOP was now re­view­ing the THA elec­tion.

Asked if he would re­sign, he de­clined com­ment say­ing he was at a meet­ing and had to go.

PNM lead­er­ship of­fi­cials yes­ter­day shrugged off the re­port about al­leged vot­er padding. They called for ev­i­dence say­ing the PNM had worked hard and well for the vic­to­ry and won, thanks to a com­bi­na­tion of el­e­ments and the tal­ent of plan­ning ex­pert Mar­tin Joseph.

PNM chair­man Franklin Khan said Joseph was con­sul­tant to the To­ba­go PNM which or­gan­ised the cam­paign.