But an official spokesman is no match on the tube for a farmer in his field.

All official spokesmen, from the President down, keep reminding the nation that the battle is just beginning.

An official spokesman said there was no plan to return the money.

According to official spokesmen, there was no damage to the mosque itself.

More than 1,100 people were injured, many of them seriously, and 197 died, an official spokesman said.

In May 2013, he was made official spokesman of the Congress party.

He'd succeeded to a difficult new role: official spokesman for something, or against it.

"The figures speak for themselves," the prime minister's official spokesman said.

So far, the only public shouting match was over who among the group of 12 factions had the right to be the official spokesman.

"Nobody believes the official spokesman but everybody trusts an unidentified source."