satisfying the admissibility requirement for timeliness of the filing, as provided for under Article 32.2 of the Rules of Procedure of the Inter-American Commission. VII. ANALYSIS OF COLORABLE CLAIM TO THE ALLEGED FACTS 12. Based on the considerations of fact and law provided by the parties and the nature of the matter before it, the Commission finds that the alleged inability to appeal the decision of the Electoral Council and the consequent infringement of his political rights to stand as a candidate on an equal basis could tend to establish 6 violations of the rights enshrined in Articles 8 (right to a fair trial), 23 (right to participate in government), 24 (equal protection) and 25 (judicial protection) of the American Convention, in connection with Articles 1.1 and 2, to the detriment of Mr. Fabio Gadea Mantilla. VIII. DECISION 1. To declare the instant petition admissible in relation to Articles 8, 23, 24 and 25 of the American Convention, in connection with Articles 1.1 and 2; 2. To notify the parties of the instant decision; proceed to the examination of the merits of the matter; and publish this decision and include it in the Commission’s Annual Report to the General Assembly of the Organization of American States. Approved by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on the 26th day of the month of December, 2018. (Signed): Margarette May Macaulay, President; Esmeralda E. Arosemena Bernal de Troitiño, First Vice President; Luis Ernesto Vargas Silva (dissenting opinion), Second Vice President; Francisco José Eguiguren Praeli (dissenting opinion), Joel Hernández García (dissenting opinion), Antonia Urrejola, and Flávia Piovesan, Commissioners. 6 In this regard, see, IA Court of HR. Case of Yatama v. Nicaragua. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of June 23, 2005. Series C No. 127, pars. 254-259. 4