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De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge has again bro­ken his si­lence on is­sues per­tain­ing to his min­istry, ad­dress­ing the leave of two of­fi­cers of the De­fence Force.

In a What­sApp re­sponse to Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, Sturge re­spond­ed to a news­pa­per ar­ti­cle about his or­ders be­ing de­fied in the mat­ter of leave for Lieu­tenant Com­man­der Daniel Castagne.

Castagne was sched­uled to leave for the US for a naval course last month, un­til June 2026. Sturge, ac­cord­ing to the ar­ti­cle, de­nied his re­quest for leave. How­ev­er, Castagne, de­spite re­port­ed­ly be­ing in­formed of the de­nial, still pro­ceed­ed on leave.