And the man who now has to pick up the pieces is the New Minister, who is presently the Minister of Infrastructure Development, Housing, and Home Affairs.
It's an odd combination-a mix of ministries that hasn't been tried before. But today, the New Minister told us he couldn't say no when he got the call from the PM. That then raises the question: Was the New Minister only chosen because no one else could - or wanted to - do the job?
Here's what he told us.
Julius Espat, Minister of Home Affairs
"He explained that he needed my assistance and cooperation he went through details and there was no way I could say no."
"We are in the arena, we made a decision and commitment to serve and that comes with positive and that comes with negative and if the leader of the country and the leader of the party believes that he needs assistance then we are team players. And therefore there is no way we can say no, well we can say no but I didn't."
"I think what's lacking in our society is discipline and equitable distribution of funds. I fundamentally believe in that and if we can address that and convince Cabinet that that's the way to go instead of putting on military uniforms and walking down the streets with AK47s and M16s, I've always said it, I don't believe that the military should be police men."
"The hard line approach, I don't think we're ready for that, we've tried it and it works for a couple months, sometimes a couple weeks and then it goes back, it's like elastic."
Jules Vasquez:
"Are you prepared to work with Dr Rosado who is the current commissioner of police?"
Julius Espat, Minister of Home Affairs
"I have been in contact with him in the past, he seems to be a fair person, I have not met him personally, we've never had a long conversation, but it is my responsible to sit with everybody."
"It's not something I wanted, it's not something I dreamt of but I'm a team player and like if you're in the World Cup and the coach asks you to go in and you're a member of the team, what will you do? Not go in because they're beating you up 10-nil? You have to participate. If I would not participate then it would be a disservice to the government and to the party. It's not something I dreamt of, it's the last ministry that anybody would want."
