J. whereas, in its reply to specific questions from the Ombudsman, the Council did not mention any obstacles to the implementation of the amendment of its Rules of Procedure, as requested by the complainants, nor any principles or aims of a higher order that would entitle it to refuse to open to the public the meetings in which it acts in its legislative capacity, but contended that the adoption of its Rules of Procedure was a political and institutional matter to be decided upon by the Council itself,
J. tā kā, atbildot uz konkrētiem ombuda jautājumiem, Padome neminēja šķēršļus, kas neļauj tai grozīt Reglamentu, kā to pieprasa sūdzības iesniedzēji, nedz arī principus vai augstāku interešu mērķus, kas dotu tai tiesības atteikties rīkot atklātas sanāksmes, kurās tā pilda likumdevējas lomu, bet apgalvoja, ka Reglamenta pieņemšana bijis politisks un organizatorisks jautājums, ko nācies izlemt pašai Padomei;