THE withdrawal of an axed Cepep contractor's claim in the High Court was a strategic move, according to PNM Port-of-Spain South MP Keith Scotland.

His assertion came while speaking at the party's first public meeting since its new leadership was appointed at its Central Regional Office in Enterprise on July 5.

"There was no misstep you know, something happened when we filed and we strategically decided that we would go and come again so that they would not have any legal challenges, be it technical or otherwise, that would stymie our case."