President Osman had already signed the decree authorizing the civil servant dismissals
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
Category: Factual Claims