I hope you're right, they obviously violated the spirit of the law, but they're saying that no official stoppage was announced, they were under the impression it would stop and left of their own volition.
It's obvious BS, especially considering they wanted to be there and were available and deceit was used to subvert the law but still that is what they're saying.
They 100% will argue that, but it 100% won't fly. Observers must be informed about the when and where of the process to be able to observe.
I hope you're right, they obviously violated the spirit of the law, but they're saying that no official stoppage was announced, they were under the impression it would stop and left of their own volition.
It's obvious BS, especially considering they wanted to be there and were available and deceit was used to subvert the law but still that is what they're saying.