"Miss, Miss, the media and opposition parties told me to do it faster"
"Well, Billy, if the media and opposition parties told you to stick your head in the fire, would you do it?"
"No Miss"
"Well, then..."
Blaming "the media and opposition parties" is a complete and absolute disgrace. Civil servants act on instruction from the government. Regrettably this is the kind of shoddy response typical of the current administration.