The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) is switch­ing things up when it comes to the usu­al elec­tion time­line, hav­ing se­lect­ed all 41 prospec­tive can­di­dates to con­test the gen­er­al elec­tion be­fore the elec­tion date has even been an­nounced.

Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley’s suc­ces­sor, Stu­art Young, is re­main­ing mum about the elec­tion date but says the par­ty is ea­ger to an­nounce all can­di­dates on Sun­day at Wood­ford Square, Port-of-Spain.

And while an­nounc­ing can­di­dates and es­sen­tial­ly cam­paign­ing be­fore a date is an­nounced may be unique to T&T, ac­cord­ing to po­lit­i­cal ob­servers, Young be­lieves he’s do­ing what’s best for the par­ty. He re­mind­ed the pop­u­la­tion that he still has sev­en months for the elec­tion bell to be rung.