Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary Fos­ter Cum­mings is de­fend­ing the vot­er turnout in the par­ty’s in­ter­nal elec­tions on Sun­day, at­tribut­ing it to the fact that the post of po­lit­i­cal leader was un­con­test­ed.

Of the 102,300 el­i­gi­ble mem­bers to vote, on­ly 7,100 vot­ed dur­ing the process as po­lit­i­cal leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les’ One PNM slate took 14 of 15 ex­ec­u­tive po­si­tions, ac­cord­ing to pre­lim­i­nary re­sults pro­vid­ed by the par­ty’s Elec­tion Su­per­vi­so­ry Com­mit­tee.

Dur­ing a me­dia brief­ing at the Of­fice of the Op­po­si­tion Leader in Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day, how­ev­er, Cum­mings re­vealed that less than 10,000 vot­ed in the par­ty’s last in­ter­nal elec­tion as well.