6 granted him until March 27, 1999. On the following March 26, Mr. Martel sent the powers requested. 22. On March 18, 1999, in the name of several of the victims’ next of kin, the Commission requested an extension until the following April 30 for the submission of the briefs on reparations. Since the parties raised no objections, the President decided to grant the requested extension on March 26, 1999. 23. On March 23, 1999, Salvador González Najarro, father of William Otilio González Rivera, submitted his brief on reparations and the corresponding evidence. 24. On March 26, 1999, María Luisa Chinchilla Ruano, mother of Erick Leonardo Chinchilla, advised that the Coordinadora Jurídica Popular (hereinafter “COJUPO”), through the lawyer, Antonio René Argueta Beltrán, would be responsible for providing her with legal assistance during the reparations stage. 25. On April 26 and 28, 1999, Blanca Esperanza Ayala de la Cruz and Bertha Violeta Flores Gómez, respectively mother and companion of Julián Salomón Gómez Ayala, submitted their arguments and evidence on reparations. 26. On April 30, 1999, María Luisa Chinchilla Ruano, mother of Erick Leonardo Chinchilla, transmitted her brief and evidence on reparations. 27. The same day and on the following May 28, the Commission, in the name of the Corado Barrientos family requested extensions of 10 and 15 days, respectively, for the submission of its arguments on reparations. These extensions were granted until June 14, 1999. 28. On June 3, 1999, Juana Barrientos Valenzuela and Tino Corado Barrientos, mother and brother of Pablo Corado Barrientos, informed that, for future communications, they would receive legal assistance from COJUPO, through the Director of this institution, Antonio René Argueta Beltrán, and indicated the corresponding mailing address. On the following June 11, they presented their reparations brief. Finally, on June 23, 1999, the evidence that accompanied this brief was received. 29. On July 16, 1999, the Commission requested a 14-day extension to submit its comments on reparations, “in order to obtain the necessary additional information and consult those affected in this regard.” The President granted this extension until the following August 2. That day, the Commission remitted the supplemetary brief with comments and also the corresponding evidence. 30. On September 28, 1999, the State requested the Court to grant “a period similar to that granted to the Inter-American Commission and the victims or their next of kin to submit its comments and the evidence for determining the reparations.” Taking into account the complexity of the matters being examined and considering that it was “impossible to grant the State an extension of the length requested”, the President decided to grant the State until January 2, 2000. 31. On October 14, 1999, the President of the organization, Rights International, submitted a brief as an amicus curiae.