Win­ston “Gyp­sy” Pe­ters has of­fi­cial­ly re­signed as Chair­man of the Na­tion­al Car­ni­val Com­mis­sion (NCC).

His res­ig­na­tion fol­lows changes at the Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment, in­clud­ing the ap­point­ment of Michelle Ben­jamin as Min­is­ter. Since then, board mem­bers from sev­er­al cul­tur­al in­sti­tu­tions like NA­PA, SAPA, Na­pari­ma Bowl, and Queen’s Hall, have al­so va­cat­ed their posts.

Pe­ters, a for­mer Cul­ture Min­is­ter and vet­er­an Ca­lyp­son­ian, had pre­vi­ous­ly said he would serve un­til the end of his term in No­vem­ber 2025 and had not re­ceived any re­quest to re­sign. Last week, he said he in­tend­ed to con­tin­ue in the role.

How­ev­er, Pe­ters has now con­firmed his de­ci­sion to step down.

“I have no ac­ri­mo­ny with the cur­rent ad­min­is­tra­tion,” he said, af­firm­ing his con­tin­ued com­mit­ment to na­tion­al ser­vice.

The Min­istry of Cul­ture and Com­mu­ni­ty De­vel­op­ment has not yet is­sued a state­ment on the res­ig­na­tion.