The People’s National Movement has dismissed a newspaper report which claimed Political Leader of the New National Vision, Fuad Abu Bakr, was set to face a PNM screening Committee today, with hopes of becoming the PNM candidate for Port of Spain South. In a statement moments ago, the party said it has received no nomination for Mr. Abu Bakr to be screened.

In an official release the party said “The People’s National Movement has received no nomination for Mr. Fuad Abu Bakr and advises that he is not scheduled to be screened by the PNM’s Screening Committee.”

It added: “The People’s National Movement is a party built upon a solid structure, discipline and adherence to prescribed process. The process for a person to become a nominee involves a call for nominations from the Party for nominees for the General Election (in this instance), with a deadline for the close of submission of nominations. Interested Party Members must receive a nomination from a bona fide Party Group or from the Youth League within the respective Constituency. The Constituency Executive will then forward the names of all persons who received nominations to the Party’s Secretariat. Only persons who receive nominations will then be scheduled to appear before the Screening Committee.”