246. If, for reasons that can be attributed to the beneficiary of the reimbursement, it is not possible to pay the amounts established within the time indicated, the State shall deposit the amount in his favor in an account or a deposit certificate in a solvent Venezuelan financial institute in dollars of the United States of America and in the most favorable financial conditions permitted by law and banking practice. If, after 10 years, the reimbursement has not been claimed, the amounts shall revert to the State with the accrued interest. 247. The amounts allocated in this Judgment as reimbursement of costs and expenses must be delivered to the persons indicated in an integral manner, as established in this Judgment, without any deduction arising from possible taxes or charges. 248. If the State should fall into arrears, it shall pay interest on the amount owed, corresponding to the banking interest on arrears in Venezuela. VIII OPERATIVE PARAGRAPHS 249. Therefore, THE COURT DECLARES: Unanimously, that: 1. The State is responsible for the violation of the right to be elected, established in Articles 23(1)(b) and 23(2), in relation to the obligation to respect and guarantee rights set forth in Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, to the detriment of Mr. López Mendoza, in terms of paragraph 109 of this Judgment. 2. The State is responsible for the violation of obligation to establish cause and the right to defense in the administrative proceedings that resulted in the imposition of sanctions of disqualification, established in Article 8(1), in relation to the obligation to respect and guarantee rights, established in Article 1(1) of the American Convention on Human Rights, to the detriment of Mr. López Mendoza, in terms of paragraph 149 of this Judgment. 3. The State is responsible for the violation of the right to judicial protection established in Article 25(1), in relation to the obligation to respect and guarantee rights, the right to a fair trial [judicial guarantees], and the right to be elected as set out in Articles 1(1) , 8(1), 23(1)(b), and 23(2) of the American Convention on Human Rights, to the detriment of Mr. López Mendoza, in terms of paragraph 185 of this Judgment. 4. The State has breached its obligation to adapt its domestic law to the American Convention on Human Rights, established in Article 2, in relation to the obligation to 86