Sto­ry by SHAL­IZA HAS­SANALI

Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Robert Le Hunte has con­firmed that his res­ig­na­tion from Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley's led ad­min­is­tra­tion was a re­sult of pro­fes­sion­al con­flict on pol­i­cy po­si­tions.

In a let­ter dat­ed May 17, sent to Guardian Me­dia via What­sapp by Le Hunte at 3.20 pm to­day, he con­firmed that on May 15, his let­ter of res­ig­na­tion as Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties was sent to Row­ley.

"My res­ig­na­tion was as a re­sult of pro­fes­sion­al con­flict on pol­i­cy po­si­tions. In these cir­cum­stances, I gave our Prime Min­is­ter the op­por­tu­ni­ty to pro­ceed in a man­ner which al­lows the Gov­ern­ment to achieve its ob­jec­tives," the mes­sage said.

Le Hunte said his let­ter was ac­cept­ed by Row­ley on May 16.

"I re­main com­mit­ted to the Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment and con­tin­ue to serve as par­ty vice chair­man," Le Hunte stat­ed.