 On January 20, 2011, he and three other ministers left the government and joined Steve Abana's official Opposition, citing dissatisfaction with the Cabinet being "manipulated by one or two people".On January 31, he returned to the government and resumed his Cabinet post.On February 8, he defected anew to the Opposition, then re-defected to the government with several other defectors on February 17, and resumed his post as Minister for Lands, Housing and Survey.