5 20. That the Inter-American Court appreciates the fact that the State has fully complied with two of the measures of reparation ordered in the Judgment on preliminary objections, merits, reparations and costs of August 6, 2008. THEREFORE: THE INTER-AMERICAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, exercising its power to monitor compliance with its decisions, in accordance with Articles 33, 62(1), 62(3), 65, 67 and 68(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, Articles 25(1) and 30 of the Statute, and Articles 30 and 63 of its Rules of Procedure,6 DECLARES: 1. That, in accordance with Considering clauses Nos. 11 and 15 of this Order, the State has fully complied with the operative paragraphs of the Judgment in which the State was ordered to: a) publish once in the Official Gazette and in another daily newspaper with widespread circulation paragraphs 77 to 133 of this Judgment, without the footnotes, and its operative paragraphs within six months of notification of this Judgment (seventh operative paragraph of the Judgment). b) pay to Jorge Castañeda-Gutman the amount established in paragraph 244 of the Judgment, for reimbursement of costs and expenses, within six months of notification thereof (eighth operative paragraph of the Judgment). 2. That, in accordance with Considering clause No. 19 of this Order, the Tribunal shall keep open the procedure for monitoring compliance with the sixth operative paragraph of the Judgment, under which the State was given a reasonable period of time to complete the adaptation of its domestic law to the Convention, in order to adapt the secondary legislation and the norms that regulate the action for the protection of the rights of the citizen to the provisions of the constitutional reform of November 13, 2007, so that, using this remedy, citizens are effectively guaranteed the possibility of contesting the constitutionality of the legal regulation of the right to be elected, in the terms of paragraphs 227 to 231 of the Judgment (sixth operative paragraph of the Judgment). AND DECIDES: 6 Rules of Procedure approved by the Court on its XLIX Regular Period of Sessions, celebrated from November 16 to 25, 2000, and partially reformed during its LXXXII Regular Period of Sessions, celebrated from January 19 to 31, 2009, in conformity to Articles 71 and 72 thereof.

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