Thus, we will not enter into negotiations brokered by ECOWAS, if it does not recognize that the provisions of The Gambians constitution provide the basic legal principles to guild the sorting out of
the details of this stalemate in order to arrive to a peaceful resolution legally binding on both parties.
As the
stalemate wore on, even the long time tradition
of three men in a room seemed to deteriorate, as Flanagan and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie were repeatedly called into separate closed - door meetings with the governor, and emerged, tightlipped about
details.