0000? 0 6. be filed within a reasonable time from the date local remedies were exhausted or from the date set by the Court as being the commencement of the time limit within which it shall be seized with the matter; and 7. not raise any mater or issues previously settled by the parties in accordance with the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, the Constitutive Act of the African Union, the provisions of the Charter or of any legal instrument of the African Union". 28. The Court notes that the admissibility requirements set forth in Rule 40 of the Rules are not in contention between the parties, the Respondent State having not participated in the proceedings. However, in accordance with Rule 39 (1)of the Rules, the Court shall conduct a preliminary examination of its jurisdiction and the admissibility of the Application. 29. lt is clear from the case file that the Applicant's identity is known as well as his nationality. The Application is not incompatible with the Constitutive Act of the African Union and the Charter. lt does not contain disparaging or insulting language, nor is it based exclusively on news disseminated through the mass media. 30. With regard to the exhaustion of local remedies, the Applicant asserts that he contacted the highest political and administrative authorities in the State, including the police, the Public Prosecution, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of lnternal Security, the Ministry of Justice, the Parliament, the Senate, the President, the National Commission for Human Rights and Civil Society to find a solution to his problem, but all to no avail. 31 . The Applicant further submits that "seizure of judicial bodies was not contemplated in view of the fact that the presidential guard is supposed to be involved in it and so, has no chance of reaching a judicial outcome. Furthermore, this case is inadmissible today, in view of the timeframes provided under article 339 of Act No. 1 8/2004 of 20 June 2006, concerning the Code of Civil, Commercial, Social and Administrative Procedure."

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