"It is ridiculous for whomever to insinuate this. It is baseless without any grounds. We are not a banana republic. The public prosecutor's office has its role to play. We are a country governed by laws and nobody is above the law.
"The Council of Ministers did not fire the Interim Head of Finance because he allegedly filed a complaint with the Public Prosecutors Office with respect to any alleged wrong doings of other government officials. That is absurb," Hon. Minister of Finance Hiro Shigemoto said on Wednesday.