D.2. Statements to be received at a public hearing 24. This case is now ready for the opening of the oral proceedings with regard to the preliminary objection, merits, reparations and costs; hence, the President finds it pertinent to convene a public hearing to receive the statement of a presumed victim, Nineth Varenca Montenegro Cottom, together with the testimony of Velia Muralles Bautista, proposed by the representatives, and the testimony of Marco Tulio Álvarez Bobadilla, proposed by the State. E. Final oral and written arguments and observations 25. The representatives and the State may submit to the Court their respective final oral arguments on the preliminary objection, the merits and the possible reparations and costs in the instant case, when the statements by the presumed victim and the witnesses have concluded. As established in Article 51(8) of the Rules of Procedure, the Inter-American Commission will present its final oral observations when the arguments have concluded. 26. In accordance with Article 56 of the Rules of Procedure, the presumed victims or their representatives, the State, and the Commission may present their final written arguments and final written observations, respectively, with regard to the preliminary objection, the merits and the possible reparations and costs, within the time frame established in the thirteenth operative paragraph of this Order. THEREFORE: THE PRESIDENT OF THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, in accordance with Articles 24(1) and 25(2) of the Statute of the Court and with Articles 4, 15(1), 26(1), 31(2), 35(1), 40(2), 41(1), 45, 46, 50 to 56, and 60 of its Rules of Procedure, DECIDES: 1. To require, for the reasons given in this Order (supra considering paragraph 22), in accordance with the principle of procedural economy and in exercise of the authority vested in him under Article 50(1) of the Rules of Procedure of the Court, that the following persons provide their statements by affidavit: Presumed victim proposed by the representatives 1) Alejandra García Montenegro, who will declare about: the facts of the instant case, inter alia, the presumed harm to her family as a result of the alleged forced disappearance of her father, Edgar Fernando García, and the efforts she has made before Guatemalan courts of justice in order to discover his whereabouts. 7