The minister of education ordered a trial brought against the lawyer.

The minister of health has ordered prices reduced by 50 percent.

"The prime minister never ordered me to do anything," he said.

"Tell our people to stay with him," ordered the minister.

At the time he said voices in his head, including that of Jesus, had ordered him to murder the minister.

Ministers have ordered an inquiry that will report before Christmas.

"In Mexico, no interior minister can order troops around without the president's authorization," he said.

Ministers ordered the freeze to try to beat inflation, which is running 20 percent a month.

That year the prime minister also ordered the government to draft a national strategy to deal with domestic violence.

Lukashenko's interior minister recently ordered new measures to increase security before the election.