Renu­ka Singh

The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) To­ba­go Coun­cil elec­tion is heat­ing up as two well-known names are set to face-off for the lead­er­ship post.

Yes­ter­day, for­mer To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) chief Sec­re­tary An­cil Den­nis con­firmed he would be vy­ing for the post and se­nior Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials told Guardian Me­dia that THA Mi­nor­i­ty Leader Kelvon Mor­ris is gear­ing up to chal­lenge him.

Mor­ris was the on­ly can­di­date un­der the PNM ban­ner to win his seat in Daryl Spring/Whim in the Jan­u­ary 6 THA elec­tions, which saw a sweep­ing vic­to­ry for the new­com­ers of the Pro­gres­sive De­mo­c­ra­t­ic Pa­tri­ots (PDP).

Since that loss, cur­rent To­ba­go Coun­cil leader Tracey David­son-Ce­les­tine has con­firmed that she will not be re-con­test­ing the lead­er­ship po­si­tion.

Guardian Me­dia has been in­formed that David­son-Ce­les­tine lost the con­fi­dence of the par­ty and was asked to step aside af­ter the coun­cil she led suf­fered that mas­sive loss.