Former Cabinet Minister and Speaker of Parliament, La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt, has hit back at the Prime Minister for reading his letter during a televised program.

Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa'ilele Malielegaoi divulged details of the correspondence – which La'auli told the Samoa Observer in an interview on Thursday was addressed to the Parliament Speaker – when he was interviewed during his weekly program on the commercial television station TV3.