[12.] The communication is dated 19 June 1990. The Commission was seized of the communication at the 8th session and the government of The Gambia was notified on 6 November 1990. From 1990 to 1995, the Commission proceeded to verify the exhaustion of local remedies. [13.] At the 17th session the communication was declared admissible on the basis that exhaustion of local remedies had been unduly prolonged. [14.] On 20 April 1995 a letter was sent to the complainants and the Gambian government, stating that the communication was admissible. [15.] The Commission received a letter from the Attorney-General's chambers and the Ministry of Justice of The Gambia, conceding that the grievances expressed by the complainants are valid and logical, and that the present electoral law is being reviewed with the objective of curing the present anomalies. [16.] On 20 December 1995, the complainant was informed of this response with the specification that if the Secretariat does not receive arguments to the contrary before 1 February 1996, the Commission would consider the communication to have been resolved amicably. Law Admissibility [17.] The PDOIS argued that it was beyond the jurisdiction of the judiciary to order Parliament to change defective procedures and laws; thus, recourse to the courts was not an option. The complainant alleged that, while the Elections Act provides for objections to voter lists to be made before a revising officer appointed by the Supervisor of Elections, the fact that the voter lists posted did not include a list of addresses made effective scrutiny impossible. The complaint noted that numerous letters had been addressed to the Supervisor of Elections and the President of the Republic as early as 1987, with no response. [18.] The government noted that in July 1990, the complainant did file a Notice of Objection and sent it to the Commissioner of Western Division. The document was forwarded to the revising court. No action appeared to have been taken by the court. [19.] On the basis of these facts the communication was declared admissible. Law [20.] Article 13 of the African Charter reads: Every citizen shall have the right to participate freely in the government of his country, either directly or through freely chosen representatives in accordance with the provisions of the law. [21.] In 1994 there was a change of government in The Gambia. The present government recognises that it has inherited the previous government's rights and obligations under international treaties. [22.] The present government has a different view of voter registration. It concedes that the grievances expressed by the complainants are valid and logical. It describes that it is in the process of establishing an independent electoral commission and has commissioned a team of experts to review the present electoral law. [23.] The African Commission welcomes the acceptance of the complainant's contentions and the government's stated determination to review the current electoral law, in order to ensure that elections are regular, free and fair. For these reasons, the Commission: [24.] Holds that the above communication has reached an amicable resolution.