4. SUMMARY OF FACTS The 1st Plaintiff is a Gambian Citizen and therefore a Community Citizen of the ECOWAS. The 1st Plaintiff resides at No. 7, Ninth Street East Pipeline, Serrekunda. He is the President of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), a Political Party in the Gambia formed in 1959. The 2nd Plaintiff is also a Gambian Citizen and a Former Minister of Information and Communication in the Gambia. The 2nd Plaintiff resides at 613 Red Oak Lane, Hinesville, GA 31313, USA. The Defendant is a Member State of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and signatory to the Revised Treaty of the ECOWAS. The Plaintiffs have filed this Application on grounds of alleged violation of their rights as provided in Articles 2 and 13 (1) & (2) of the African Charter by the Defendants. The Plaintiffs state that on the 7th of July 2015, the National Assembly of the Gambia passed the Election Amendment Act 2015 wherein, it made certain amendments which pose a threat to the Plaintiffs right to participate in the Government of their Country, as implementing the said amendment will lead to a shutdown and deregistration of opposition Political Parties. That the amendments greatly increased the amount to be paid for Party registration from 5000 to 1,000,000 Dalasis, and the deposits for various positions, i.e. 3