Reporters break into Arab league
Little does one expect to confront a crisis on a daily basis, but when it is GMUN one must have a different view of life. Today, a pandemonium broke out over at the Arab league as all the press committee delegates were locked out, while the “Martial Law Declaration” was declared inside!! While this was going on angry protestors chanted “down with Mubarak, out with Mubarak” outside the Arab league.
Although the Arab league entrance was blocked, it had one major flaw. A side door which was overseen was taken to the press’ advantage. Three delegates managed to get in and were taking photos, and also yelling things like “You have no rights to take away press right” and “You could be plotting for Mubarak, for all we know!!” to the chair, who shouted and screamed at the press workers for doing their job.
It came as a surprise to many Arab league delegates too. They were all shocked and terror could be seen on their faces. It was indeed the active participation of the press committee and the delegates that lead to this confusion. The reporters inside were dealt by the security guards aggressively and were kicked out.
Protesters and press surround Arab league delegates
The press was anxiously waiting outside for the delegation to finish the discussions and come out, which they did. But the interesting fact is that, even though the press fired questions faster than machine guns in full action, not one Arab league delegate was ready to answer a question. Personal questions, assumptions, facts, questions on discussions were all discarded like tissues after being used to clear nose blocks! The press followed the delegation down the stairs and continued to pressurize the delegates. Little did the delegates know there was more to come, a small army of reporters awaited them. The blinding flashes of cameras were enough to frighten anybody out of their wits.
“No comments” was the most repeated phrase of the night. Although one delegate was upset over the fact that he had to run down eleven floors, he was overwhelmed and refused to comment on any other topic.
Vishnu A. Nair and Amin Raza
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