(~C:'i~\~; ACH PR \ " (umx'·.. Afncan Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Responsibility Collective 21. Through a Note Verbale dated 22 August 2022, the Respondent State replied to the Secretariat, noting that the given period for submissions on Admissibility and Merits expired on 8 August 2022, and sought the Commission's indulgence to be given an extension of 60 days from 8 August 2022 to file submissions. 22. Through a Note Verbale dated 24 August 2022, the Commission granted an extension of thirty (30) days to the Respondent State to file submissions on Admissibility and Merits, in accordance with Rule 98(2) of the Commission's Rules of Procedure 2020 (the Rules of Procedure 2920), which were accordingly received by the Secretariat on 15 September 2022, and the Secretariat acknowledged receipt on 23 September 2022. 23. On 23 September 2022, the Secretariat transmitted' the. Respondent State's submission on Admissibility and Merits to the Compra-inant and requested the Complainant to file a rejoinder within thirty (30)' 'days of receipt of the notification, in conformity wi~h Rule 116 (2) O£1theRuleS,;of Procedure, 2020, which the Complainant submitted.on 1 (i)ctobet;l2022. .- I" ./" ,~" ,';'i'yt; ,:: h-... Submissions of the Complainant on Admlssipility . z •.~ 24. " ," The Complainant argues that his Communication complies with the admissibility requirement stipulated by Article 56 of the African Charter. In that regard, he argues that the Communication is compatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the African Charter, further that it is not written in disparaging or-insulting language directed against the Respondent State and its institutions or 'ag(linst the African Union, and that the Communication is not based exclusiv ;" 'n~ws disseminated through the mass media, as it is based on the decisi the G0t:!r~ts of the Respondent State against the Complainant, h Article'56(1), 56(2), 56(3), and 56(4). HI-i'l, ~,)'P~~:() 25. With regard to the exhaustion of local remedies rule as required by Article 56 (5) of the African Charter, the Complainant submits that the matter has been adjudicated before the courts of the Respondent State, from the High Court to the Constitutional Court, which is the highest Court in the Respondent State. On that basis the Complainant argues that he has exhausted local remedies.