And now that he is in the centre of a furious political storm, does Mira regret ever using - some would say misusing - the cyberbullying law to get prominent UDP Alberto August locked up?
So does he regret making that complaint? Mira said he did what he need to do:
Courtney Menzies:
"While you won't admit that it is a public onslaught, there is, at the very least, major discussion happening surrounding all of these allegations. And these came to light following the charges that you levied on Alberto August. Seeing all of this now do you regret levying these charges, or filing, sorry."
Oscar Mira, Minister of Home Affairs
"Okay, I think I must correct you. I did not levy any charges. I did not ask anyone to levy any charges. I am not a policeman. I can't levy charges on no one."
Courtney Menzies:
"Filing charges."
Oscar Mira, Minister of Home Affairs
"I did not file a charge either. What I did was I made a complaint. I went and I made a complaint."
Courtney Menzies:
"Do you regret it, though?"
Oscar Mira, Minister of Home Affairs
"I made a complaint because I felt that it was what I needed to do after I got advice on what I should have done. You don't, after a tragedy that happened here in Belmopan, you don't try to get cheap political mileage out of a tragedy that, you know, impacted the community that impacted the whole city of Belmopan and the medical community. There were, you know, there was a family that was that was very, very, that was crying for the loss of someone who has contributed so much to this city and to the wider community. And I just felt those words that I did not say, I made a complaint and I went to the police department to make a complaint that those were not my words, you know, whatever it is that he said, he said whatever type of, well, I don't know how they call it. You don't do that in those circumstances, you know, and I truly believe that as a citizen, I made, that as a citizen, I didn't make that as the minister of police. And he was afforded the same procedure like any other person. Now if you had been aggrieved, you could have done the same."
Courtney Menzies:
"Do you plan to file any charges against anybody else, considering that there's major discourse happening on social media and you have been mocked?"
Oscar Mira, Minister of Home Affairs
"I do not file charges."
Courtney Menzies:
"Make a complaint."
Oscar Mira, Minister of Home Affairs
"I will not discuss that because I have given all of those things to my attorney. My attorney is looking at those, he will advise me on the way forward. Many defamatory statements have been said and have been reproduced by many news outlets and many other people. My attorney is going to give me the advice and that is in his hands and those will be coming very soon."
Jules Vasquez will have more Smart Stream screenshots relating to the Miras later on in the news. Also, we should note that the Prime Minister returned to the country today after a 12-day break - rumors suggest he may take action to ease public concerns about political hustling run amok.
