I did a very complete investigation. I interviewed 16 individuals, including the Prime Minister, to see exactly what had happened. I found that Mr. Soudas had only attended two meetings. Nobody had any sense that he'd applied any pressure at all. He was asking why this case had been running for 10 years, and why people weren't able to move forward with it. I found that he had not involved himself in the decision at all. So my observation was that if a Prime Minister or a minister can't ask what the heck is going on in a department, I'm not sure what they can do.
On March 2nd, 2009. See this statement in context.