LOYSE VIN­CENT

Chair­man of the To­ba­go Coun­cil of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), Stan­ford Cal­len­dar, says that Dr Denise Tsoiafatt An­gus is no longer a mem­ber of the PNM.

Through a par­ty re­lease dat­ed Jan­u­ary 14th, the par­ty Chair­man stat­ed the de­ci­sion of Dr. Tsoiafatt-An­gus to con­test the THA elec­tions against a PNM’s can­di­date is one of the most se­ri­ous vi­o­la­tions of the par­ty’s con­sti­tu­tion.

Quot­ing from the par­ty’s con­sti­tu­tion, Cal­len­der notes that Ar­ti­cle 22: Dis­ci­pline states:

1. Any mem­ber of the Move­ment who shall, in ri­val­ry or op­po­si­tion to any par­ty Can­di­date or Nom­i­nee, or oth­er­wise in de­fi­ance of, or con­trary to any par­ty di­rec­tive or de­clared pol­i­cy or prin­ci­ple or an­nounce­ment, or to the in­ter­ests of the Move­ment:

(a) pub­licly an­nounce his in­ten­tion to par­tic­i­pate in or con­test, or be a can­di­date or nom­i­nee for elec­tion to a seat on any Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tion or oth­er Pub­lic Body; or

(b) ac­cept nom­i­na­tion or ap­point­ment to any such Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tion or Pub­lic Body “ Shall there­upon cease to be a mem­ber of the Move­ment and shall not sub­se­quent­ly be or en­ti­tled to be a mem­ber of the Move­ment ex­cept af­ter the ex­pi­ra­tion of five (5) years from the date of such an­nounce­ment or par­tic­i­pa­tion or ac­cep­tance or con­sent or oth­er­wise as the case may be as de­ter­mined by the Gen­er­al Coun­cil and then on­ly up­on the ap­proval of and on such terms and con­di­tions as the Gen­er­al Coun­cil may pre­scribe.”

The re­lease goes on to state that by her ac­tion:

“Dr Denise Tsoiafatt-An­gus is no longer a Mem­ber of the PNM.”

Guardian Me­dia reached out to Dr Tsoiafatt-An­gus for a re­sponse, who said she has not re­ceived any cor­re­spon­dence on the mat­ter from the PNM since she start­ed her cam­paign.