2. In line with the above-mentioned rule, on 1 December 2011 the Complainant was requested to make its submissions on the Merits of the Communication, and was given sixty (60) days deadline which expired on 1 February 2012. The Secretariat did not receive any submissions or correspondence from the Complainants during this period. R 3. On 19 August 2012, with the direction of the Commission, the Secretariat sent a letter to the Complainant giving the later one month deadline to make its submissions on the Merits. By the same letter the Complainants were informed that if they fail to make their submissions within the one month deadline, the Commission will proceed to strike out the Communication for lack of diligent prosecution. HP 4. The Commission notes that from 21 August 2012 to date the Secretariat has not received any submission(s) or correspondence from the Complainants. 5. The Commission also notes that additional efforts made to contact the Complainants by telephone proved futile. Decision of the Commission AC 6. In the absence of any submission(s) or even correspondence of any kind from the Complainants, the Commission concludes to a lack of diligence prosecution, hereby decides to strike out the Communication, and notify both parties of the decision. Done in Banjul, The Gambia, at the 13th Extraordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights held from 19 to 25 February 2013 9