PNM chairman Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly says the party's internal elections are taking place in line with its established democratic processes, in a statement on May 20.

Voting is set for June 22 nationwide and the special convention is due on June 29 when the results will be announced.

Her statement came the same day as a newspaper published an article citing former general secretary and former Arima MP/Arima mayor Ashton Ford alleging the election date was rushed. He claimed holding it before September meant the exclusion of some party groups and typified a "top-down manoeuvre" so as to "engineer a predetermined outcome."