statements of the alleged victim Rosa Elvira Franco Sandoval and of the expert witness María Eugenia Solís García, proposed by the representatives, and of Elizabeth Salmón, proposed by the Commission. D. Application of the Victims’ Legal Assistance Fund 36. In the Order issued on January 8, 2013 (supra Having Seen 6), this Presidency decided to admit the request submitted by the alleged victims, through their representatives, to have access to the Assistance Fund of the Court, and to grant the financial assistance necessary to present a maximum of four statements, either by means of affidavits or at a public hearing. 37. Having determined that the statements offered by the representatives shall be received by the Court, and the means by which these shall be rendered, it is now appropriate to determine the specific recipients and purpose of said assistance. 38. Accordingly, the President decides that financial assistance shall be provided to cover the travel and accommodation expenses necessary to enable the alleged victim Mrs. Rosa Elvira Franco Sandoval and the expert witness María Eugenia Solís García to appear before the Court and render their statements during the public hearing to be held at the seat of the Court. Financial assistance shall also be provided to cover the expenses of formalizing and sending two statements rendered by affidavit, as decided by the alleged victims or their representatives, in accordance with Operative para. 1 of this Order. The representatives shall provide the Court with the names of the two deponents whose affidavits shall be covered by the Assistance Fund, as well as an estimate of the cost of formalizing each sworn statement in Guatemala and sending it, within the period established in the operative part of this Order (infra Operative para. 8). As to the two deponents summoned to appear at the public hearing, the Court shall make the pertinent and necessary arrangements to cover the costs of their travel, accommodation and per diems with resources from the Victims’ Assistance Fund. 39. As required by Article 4 of the Rules for the Operation of the Assistance Fund of the Court (hereinafter the “Rules of the Assistance Fund”), the Secretariat of the Court shall open a file on the costs of the case, in order to keep accounts and record all expenditures made with resources from said Fund. 40. Finally, the President recalls that, pursuant to Article 5 of the Rules of the Fund, the respondent State shall be informed in due course of the expenditures made from the Assistance Fund so that it may submit any observations, if it so wishes, within the period established for that purpose. E. Final oral and written arguments and observations 41. The representatives and the State may present to the Court their final oral arguments regarding the preliminary objection and possible merits, reparations and costs in this case, respectively, once the statements of the alleged victim and the expert witnesses have been rendered. As established in Article 51(8) of the Rules, once these arguments have concluded, the Inter-American Commission shall present its final oral observations. (infra Operative para. 10). 42. According to Article 56 of the Rules of Procedure, the representatives and the State may submit their final written arguments, and the Commission its final written observations, 12