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REASONED OPINION BY JUDGE VIDAL RAMÍREZ
I share the issuance of the judgment by reasoning out as follows:
The designation of the Judge ad hoc by the State, notified with the application does
not imply that he assumes his representation because he becomes member of the
Court in an individual capacity after previous oath. To become member of the Court
as Judge ad hoc I've met same qualifications as the incumbent judges and, thus, I
have been empowered with the same rights, duties, and responsibilities.
Therefore, from the disposition in Articles 55 and 52 of the American Convention and
Article 10 from the Rules of Procedure of the Court and stipulated also by the
decision of September 11, 1995 (Paniagua Morales Case vs. the Guatemalan
Government).
Fernando Vidal-Ramírez
Judge ad hoc
Manuel E. Ventura-Robles
Secretary