"One listener said in private UDP or any other opposition party has a
legal and diplomatic right to have an audience with other diplomats
present in the country."

Yero:

The above quoted from the Gainako piece is not accurate. There is
nothing like a "legal and diplomatic" right for any opposition party
to have audience with a diplomatic representative of any country. It
is a prerogative of the diplomatic representative who is there for the
interest of his or her country, first and foremost, whether to grant
such audience or not. I can see why they would take such precaution
lest they be accused of meddling in Gambia's internal political
affairs. Remember the Senegalese embassy was accused of being involved
in the March '06 aborted coup....Where an opposition leader seeks
refuge on the basis of being in danger and covered under the Geneva
conventions, that is a different story.
The point I wanted to make is that it may have been prudent for the
embassies involved to not grant such audience INSIDE GAMBIA or
anywhere else to UDP or any other opposition party. Mai Fatty reported
recently that he made a presentation to various "diplomatic leaders"
in Senegal but the report did not clarify whether they went to listen
to him as GMC leader or a private Gambian citizen; or whether they
recognized GMC as a legitimate opposition party in Gambia. I have no
doubt Ousainou understands the intricacies and nuances involved and
should have been advised to call a seminar/presentation in the open
and invite all embassies like Mai Fatty did but it is wrong to say he
has the "legal and diplomatic right to have audience....."
Gainako on their part, could have done the piece a better job by
researching the issue and offering the facts relating to the
diplomatic protocol to clarify the options available to UDP at this
point.

Thanks for sharing.

-Laye

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