Also on 9 August, Kaitani filed an unsworn statement in court that he had deliberately remained in the parliamentary complex during the upheaval, not to support the rebels, but to use his skills as a qualified conflict management trainer to calm the situation. ""In my professional capacity, I simply could not leave the parliamentary complex and watch it being taken over,"" he said. ""I decided to take the bull by the horn and remain there."" He continued to deny having taken an oath or signing an oath. ""I did not take an oath of allegiance or sign any documents,"" he declared, adding that the first he knew of his alleged unconstitutional ministerial appointment was from a newspaper.