Osman had signed the dismissal decree before petitioners could ask his help

Evidence

President Osman received the petitioners in person on May 3, 1965. The applicants had hoped that he would support their cause given that the president was known to have had some problems with the language the government used in describing some of those made redundant. Unfortunately for the petitioners, Osman had already signed the decree that authorized their dismissal, and he told them that he could not help them, although he urged any who felt wronged to seek justice in the courts. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 816

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to later narrative of the 1965 government crisis and Osman’s constitutional role dividing powers between president and parliament.