CCPR/C/124/D/2668/2015 participate in public affairs in the context of institutions designed to uphold their rights as members of an indigenous people, as set out in article 27 of the Covenant. 4. The Views adopted in Käkkäläjärvi et al. v. Finland clarify the causal link between the decisions of the Supreme Administrative Court and the political rights of the Sami people. In these Views, the Committee notes the authors’ contention that the application of the criterion of self-identification could potentially lead to the inclusion in the electoral roll of 512,000 persons who are not recognized as Sami by the Sami Parliament. The Committee further notes the disturbing submission, which was not contradicted by the State party, that anti-Sami organizations are campaigning and assisting non-Sami persons to apply for recognition as Sami persons and inclusion in the electoral roll, because of underlying economic interests. Such prospects, in my view, justify the status of “victim”, at least potentially, for the 22 authors recognized as such by the Committee. 5. The same considerations apply to the author of the present communication, not as President of the Sami Parliament, but as a voter and elected member of Parliament, and more simply as a member of the Sami people, whose right to participation in public affairs has been violated by the interpretation of the Supreme Administrative Court of the Act on the Sami Parliament. 14 GE.19-04714