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3. MS VERTUCCI HAS A RIGHT OF APPEAL TO THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL AND HAS SAID SHE WILL EXERCISE IT. IT IS UNLIKELY THAT HER APPEAL WILL BE ALLOWED. HER PRESENT PERMITTED PERIOD OF STAY EXPIRES ON 5TH FEBRUARY BUT SHE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO REMAIN FOR A WEEK OR TWO THEREAFTER UNTIL HER CASE HAD BEEN HEARD.
6. WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS LETTERS AND TELEGRAMS OF PROTEST, CLEARLY ORCHESTRATED FROM HERE, THE LINE WE ARE TAKING PUBLICLY IS THAT IT IS NOT THE PRACTICE TO GIVE DETAILS OF THE REASONS FOR NOT EXTENDING PERIODS OF STAY AND THAT, IN ANY EVENT, AS WE UNDERSTAND AN APPEAL TO EXCO IS PENDING, IT WOULD NOT BE PROPER TO COMMENT.
7. THIS LINE WAS BROKEN BY A SPOKESMAN UNDER EXTREME PRESSURE WHO STATED THAT THE REASON FOR REFUSAL OF AN EXTENSION OF STAY HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HER DOMESTIC ACTIVITIES HERE AS IS BEING
WIDELY ALLEGED BY LOCAL GROUPS.
8. SINCE AN ORCHESTRATED CAMPAIGN OF PROTEST WAS TO BE FORESEEN, I AM SORRY WE DID NOT GIVE YOU NOTICE OF THIS DECISION.
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