Dr Kei­th Row­ley, in one of his fi­nal acts as Po­lit­i­cal Leader of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM), has re­voked the ap­point­ments of Dr Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly and Colm Im­bert as Deputy Po­lit­i­cal Lead­ers of the par­ty.

The re­vo­ca­tions were out­lined in a let­ter dat­ed April 30, 2025, ad­dressed to the Gen­er­al Sec­re­tary of the PNM. The let­ter stat­ed:

“In keep­ing with the re­quire­ments of the Con­sti­tu­tion I here­by re­voke the ap­point­ment of the fol­low­ing of­fi­cers:

Dr Nyan Gads­by-Dol­ly – Deputy Po­lit­i­cal Leader

Colm Im­bert – Deputy Po­lit­i­cal Leader

No fur­ther ex­pla­na­tion was pro­vid­ed for the de­ci­sion.

The move comes amid a wave of sig­nif­i­cant lead­er­ship changes with­in the PNM.

Dr Row­ley of­fi­cial­ly re­signed as Po­lit­i­cal Leader of the par­ty ef­fec­tive May 1, 2025, end­ing his 15-year tenure at the helm.

His de­par­ture fol­lows re­peat­ed state­ments that he would not lead the par­ty in­to an­oth­er gen­er­al elec­tion.

Al­so step­ping down is Stu­art Young, who re­signed as Chair­man of the PNM. Young, who serves as Prime Min­is­ter, had held the post as part of the par­ty’s in­ter­nal lead­er­ship team.

In ad­di­tion, Ro­han Sinanan has re­signed from his par­ty post as a Deputy Po­lit­i­cal Leader as well.

The res­ig­na­tions come just days af­ter the April 28 Gen­er­al Elec­tion in which the PNM lost by on­ly gain­ing 13 seats com­pared to 26 by the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC). The To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) won the two seats in To­ba­go.

The par­ty is yet to an­nounce suc­ces­sors for any of the va­cat­ed po­si­tions.