Less than a week af­ter their po­si­tions as deputy po­lit­i­cal lead­ers were re­voked by for­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley, Dr Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly and Colm Im­bert were ap­point­ed as chair­man and vice chair­man of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM).

Their ap­point­ments fol­low a se­ries of res­ig­na­tions, in­clud­ing that of Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment (MP) Stu­art Young as chair­man and Ro­han Sinanan as deputy po­lit­i­cal leader last Wednes­day, which re­duced the par­ty’s lead­er­ship to on­ly three ex­ec­u­tive mem­bers.

Af­ter a spe­cial Gen­er­al Coun­cil ses­sion held yes­ter­day, Gads­by-Dol­ly de­feat­ed Port-of-Spain May­or Chin­ua Al­leyne re­ceiv­ing 60-58 votes for the po­si­tion of chair­man. Im­bert was un­op­posed. There were four spoiled bal­lots.