53 of these communications, YATAMA requested that it be allowed to register the candidates presented by the PPC and YATAMA Alliance (called the PPC Alliance) as its own candidates in the RAAS.95 124(49) On August 11, 2000, Brooklyn Rivera Bryan, in person, presented a communication to the Supreme Electoral Council, addressed to the President of this body, in which he “formally delivered the list of photocopies of identity documents of candidates for mayors, deputy mayors and councilors and their substitutes for the municipalities of Bluefields, Kubra Hill, Laguna de Perlas, La Desembocadura del Río Grande, Tortuguero and La Cruz de Río Grande [RAAS], proposed by YATAMA [...] to replace the candidates” who had resigned as candidates of the party.96 124(50) On August 11, 2000, Brooklyn Rivera Bryan, in person, presented another communication addressed to the President of the Supreme Electoral Council, in which he stated that “[e]ven though, at the last minute, PIM ha[d] abandoned unilaterally its commitment to coastal unity and PPC ha[d] not collected all the required signatures, this did not affect the good intentions or preclude YATAMA’s right to take part in the forthcoming elections.” Also, in this communication, Mr. Rivera Bryan indicated that, “YATAMA complied with all the legal requirements of the Supreme Electoral Council, including the list of substitutes for the candidates who had resigned in the different municipalities in both autonomous regions, RAAN and RAAS. In the case of the RAAN, the list of candidates [had] already been duly published in the municipalities in which they participated, but the list of candidates in the RAAS had not been published opportunely, which had negatively affected the communities and grass-roots sectors, and the Organization’s rhythm of work.” 97 124(51) On August 15, 2000, one month after the expiry of the time limit established in the electoral calendar for the political parties to present their list of candidates, the Supreme Electoral Council issued a resolution excluding YATAMA from the elections of November 5, 2000, in both the RAAN, and the RAAS. The Supreme Electoral Council did not give YATAMA the opportunity to “proceed to correct the defects or to substitute the candidates,” pursuant to Articles 83 and 84 of Electoral Act No. 331 of 2000 (supra para. 124(25)). In its resolution, the Electoral Council decided:98 (a) With regard to the participation of YATAMA in the South Atlantic Autonomous Region, “[t]he request by YATAMA to register as candidates for this party those candidates presented by the YATAMA/PPC Alliance in the Appeal of the North Atlantic District, Puerto Cabezas (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 8(1), folio 528). 95 Cf. letter of July 31, 2000, from the legal representative of YATAMA to the President of the Supreme Electoral Council (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 16(1), folio 600); application for amparo filed by YATAMA’s legal representatives before the Civil and Labor 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 529). 96 Cf. letter of August 11, 2000, from the legal representative of YATAMA to the President of the Supreme Electoral Council (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 16(2), folio 601). 97 Cf. letter of August 11, 2000, from the legal representative of YATAMA to the President of the Supreme Electoral Council (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 16(3), folio 602). 98 Cf. resolution issued by the Supreme Electoral Council on August 15, 2000 (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 15(2), folio 599).