47 Council decided that, “as of [that] date [YATAMA] could enjoy the rights and privileges granted it by the Constitution, the Electoral Act, and the other laws of the Republic.”63 124(29) Pursuant to Articles 4 and 10 of Electoral Act No. 331 of 2000, the Supreme Electoral Council agreed “to adopt the [...] electoral calendar that w[ould] govern the electoral process for municipal authorities” of November 5, 2000.64 124(30) The time limit established in the electoral calendar published by the Supreme Electoral Council for the political parties that had obtained legal status within the period established by the law to present the list of candidates they wished to register for the municipal elections of November 5, 2000, expired on July 15, 2000.65 C) PRESENTATION OF YATAMA CANDIDATES IN THE RAAN 124(31) On July 15, 2000, the legal representative of YATAMA presented to the RAAN Regional Electoral Council the “[r]egistration sheets of the candidates for Waspam Río Coco, Puerto Cabezas, Prinzapolka, Rosita and Bonanza,” a “copy of the legal status and emblem of the organization,” and also a “[l]ist of candidates for mayors, deputy mayors and councilors [of] Puerto Cabezas, Waspam, Prinzapolka, Rosita and Bonanza.”66 On July 18, 2000, the President of the Regional Electoral Council signed a communication in which he stated that he was forwarding these documents to the Director General for Political Parties of the Supreme Electoral Council.67 124(32) As stipulated in the Electoral Act, the Supreme Electoral Council published a ���preliminary list” of YATAMA’s candidates for the elections of November 5, 2000, in the RAAN. None of the candidates was contested by any political party.68 D) PRESENTATION OF YATAMA COASTAL PEOPLE PARTY (PPC) CANDIDATES IN THE RAAS IN ALLIANCE WITH THE 63 Cf. resolution issued by the Supreme Electoral Council on May 4, 2000 (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 10, folio 573). 64 Cf. electoral calendar of the Supreme Electoral Council (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 11, folio 577). 65 Cf. electoral calendar of the Supreme Electoral Council (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 11, folio 580). 66 Cf. letter of July 15, 2000, from the YATAMA representative in the RAAN (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 955); receipt dated July 15, 2000, of the RAAN Regional Electoral Council (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 954); and record of delivery of the original documentation of the candidates dated July 16, 2000, issued by the RAAN Regional Electoral Council (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 942). 67 Cf. letter of July 18, 2000, from the President of the RAAN Regional Electoral Council to the Director General for Political Parties of the Supreme Electoral Council (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 12, folios 582 and 583); and record of delivery of original documentation of municipal candidates for mayor, deputy mayor and councilors of the North Atlantic municipalities (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 12, folio 584). 68 Cf. application for amparo filed by YATAMA’s legal representatives before the Civil Chamber of the Court of Appeal of the North Atlantic District, Puerto Cabezas (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 8(1), folio 530); and testimony of Brooklyn Rivera Bryan given before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 9, 2005.