e) Declare the Application inadmissible on grounds that it falls short of
admissibility conditions established by the Charter and Ru les
f)
Award cost to Respondents
g) Make such an order as it deems fit."
V.
ON THE REQUEST FOR INTERIM MEASURES
29.
In its Response to the Request for interim measures, the Respondent
raised objections, contending that the Application does not indicate what
would rema in for the Court to decide after issuing interim measures. They
allege further that there are no people's lives in danger or seriou s massive
violations of human rights as required under Article 27(2) of the Protocol, to
justify a request for interim measures.
30.
Citing the Court's Ru ling in Application No. 004/2013 Lohe Jssa Konate v
Burkina Faso, the Respondent maintains that the purpose of interim
measures is to avoid irreparable damage to the victims during the course
of the consideration of the application on the merits. The Respondent
further states that, there is no evidence that interim measures can be
separated from the merits attributable to this request and the Court cannot
grant interim measures without prejudging the potential merits if any of the
Application.
31.
In the Reply the Applicants state that the Court has the mandate to issue
interim measures pursuant to Rule 51 of the Rules and that this Application
raises a matter of extreme urgency. The Applicants further state that
neither is the application for interim measures based on the number of
people that have died nor does the Rule require that lives must have been
lost for the Court to issue interim measures. The Applicants maintain that
the measures requested are to prevent th e Respond ent from conducting ~
the referendum . The App licants aver that, the Court should exercise its
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