Em­bat­tled leg­is­la­tor, Nigel Dharam­lall has ten­dered his res­ig­na­tion as Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter and Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment.

The an­nounce­ment was made late Tues­day by Pres­i­dent Ir­faan Ali.

Dharam­lall had been ac­cused of sex­u­al­ly as­sault­ing a teenage school­girl – an al­le­ga­tion he de­nied.

The an­nounce­ment of his res­ig­na­tion came just hours af­ter the Po­lice in­di­cat­ed that it was ad­vised by the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions to no longer pur­sue the rape al­le­ga­tions against the Dharam­lall, since the com­plainant in­di­cat­ed that she no longer wish­es to con­tin­ue the mat­ter.

In an­nounc­ing the res­ig­na­tion , Pres­i­dent Ali said Dharam­lall in­di­cat­ed that he was re­sign­ing in the in­ter­est of the gov­ern­ment, since he did not want to bring the gov­ern­ment in­to dis­re­pute.

“He has al­so ad­vised that these al­le­ga­tions have af­fect­ed him per­son­al­ly and as such, he has of­fered to re­sign as min­is­ter and as a Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment. I’ve, there­fore, ac­cept­ed his res­ig­na­tion as a Cab­i­net Mem­ber and a Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment. Nigel Dharam­lall has com­mit­ted to me that he will con­tin­ue to sup­port and be a mem­ber of the Peo­ple’s Pro­gres­sive Par­ty and al­so be sup­port­ive of the gov­ern­ment”, the Pres­i­dent said.