In a bid to get candidates elected and "out in the field" more than a year before the 2020 general election, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called for the nominations for several seats including Chaguanas East, Point-a-Pierre, Barataria, and Cumuto-Manzanilla.
The announcement was made by PNM party chairman Colm Imbert at the PNM's General Council Meeting at the Balisier House on Tranquility Street, Port-of-Spain.
Imbert also revealed screening for candidates for Local Government elections for the PNM would begin on July 6, 2019. He said the screening process will take place in Sangre Grande for the region of Toco and regional corporation candidates will also be screened in Mayaro.
Screening, according to Imbert, would continue for quite an "intense period" on the set dates—July 7, 8, 10 and 11—in the Southlands—Point-Fortin, Siparia, San Fernando. Then it's on to San Juan Laventille where screening will be done for the Tunapuna/Piarco Corporations.
Internal elections for party groups, constituency executives and various organs of the party, such as the National women's League is also in "full swing", Imbert said, as it moves towards the party's upcoming convention.
Imbert also spoke about the launch of the party's new PNM website-www.pnm.tt carded to take place on June 24.
The party's Public Relations Officer Laurel Lezama-Lee Sing said a "media mechanism" called PNM Plus, a forum which forms part of the new website, is an access tool specifically designed for the media to make "things more usable and easier".