WHO IS FIRST?

Gail Alexander of the Guardian, you wrote a story about Ramesh L. Maharaj wanting the PM to "name ‘US$8m minister’", but you quoted him as saying "“I intend going about this matter properly, writing to the Prime Minister first.”".
(http://guardian.co.tt/news4.html)
Did it occur to you that the PM wouldn't be the first one getting the information and that Mr Maharaj had breached his own policy?