English is not my mother tongue, but I'm not sure 'ostensibly' as used by the parent is the point. Because there is no pretense on any side that the "leaders" r

English is not my mother tongue, but I'm not sure 'ostensibly' as used by the parent is the point. Because there is no pretense on any side that the "leaders" represent those "people". Definition of ostensibly 1: in an ostensible manner 2: to all outward appearances The leaders make no appearance to represent this group. This group makes no appearance that they think they are represented by those leaders. So I'm not getting the point you've made.