43. 关于第五类任意拘留，政府坚称，Ghadde 先生不是因为他的政治见解而被拘留的。事实上，当局认为申诉人的政治家身份与针对他的诉讼无关。政府补充说，Ghadde 先生夸大了他的政治角色，任何对毛里塔尼亚略有了解的人在听到他被描述为反对党领袖时都会感到惊讶。最后，政府想知道，如果 Ghadde 先生像来文方所说的那样是反对运动的领导人之一，为什么他被捕后从反对派同事那里得到的支持会如此冷淡。
43. Concerning category V, the Government maintains that Mr. Ghadde is not being detained for his political opinions. Indeed, the authorities consider the complainant’s status as a politician to be unrelated to the proceedings against him. The Government adds that Mr. Ghadde is overplaying his political role and that anyone with the slightest knowledge of Mauritania would be surprised to hear him described as the leader of the opposition. Lastly, the Government wonders why the support Mr. Ghadde has received from his opposition colleagues following his arrest would be so lukewarm if he was, as the source claims, one of the leaders of the movement.