6. That Decree No. 2012-502 of 10 May 2012, on appointment bf members of the anti illegal-wealth court, was adopted 92-918 of 17 June members 1992 of the court in violation of Decree No. relating to modalities for the appointment and the functioning Supérieur de la Magistrature, mechanism of the of Consei/ in that the said Conseil Supérieur de Ia Magistrature was not consulted beforehand. The Applicants asserted: 7. That the Republic of Senegal thus put in place an illegal court, as far as Senegalese law is concerned, so as to fulfil its own the pretext of fighting against ill-gotten wealth, plan, which, was under to persecute the opponents of the:new political regime in place, by employing the judicial _apparatus. | 8. That the persons targeted, namely Oumar Sarr, Samuel Amete Karim Sarr, Madické Wade, Ousmane 'N’Gom, Niang and Abdoulaye Balde, all former Ministers of the Republic of Senegal, have been subjected to discrimination and acts of persecution on a daily basis by way of threats of prosecution and fortuitous accusations originating from the highest echelon of the Republic of Senegal, in manifest violation of their rights to A —— #4 pr@s@ iption of innocence, fair trial, governing the rule of law. and the :féaat2i:mentalprinciples - | 9. That they were either frequently summoned for questioning by agencies of the Criminal Investigations Department, not qualified to do so, and_ having no authority to hear Ministers; or else, they were forbidden from going outside decision. Therefore, the national territory, without any legal basis or court © that was the reason why they asked the Court for an expedited procedure and a ruling on various interim measures. 10. The Republic of Senegal countered these claims on the ground that | there is no imminence of.a serious and irreparable harm. 11. By Interim Ruling of 22 January 2013, the Court granted the Applicants’ request for expedited procedure; |