61 124(72) YATAMA did not obtain the reimbursement of the expenses of its electoral campaign for the municipal elections of November 5, 2000, because it did not take part in these elections.125 MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS OF NOVEMBER 2004 124(73) In the 2004 elections, YATAMA “obtain[ed] three mayoralties in the largest municipalities of the North Atlantic Autonomous Region and most of the councilors in all the municipalities.”126 Given the large number of members of YATAMA, they “can only be candidates once in order to allow other members to participate.” A few of the YATAMA candidates who were going to participate in the 2000 elections took part in the 2004 elections.127 REPRESENTATION OF THE COMMUNITIES OF THE ATLANTIC AUTONOMOUS REGIONS 124(74) The indigenous and ethnic communities of the Atlantic Coast represent 3.13% of the national population. In the RAAN, approximately 62% of the population is a member of the ethnic and indigenous communities and, in the RAAS, around 14.5% of the population belong to these communities.128 Article 132 of the Nicaraguan Constitution establishes that the National Assembly “is composed of ninety deputies[.] At the national level, [...] twenty deputies will be elected and, in the departmental districts and autonomous regions, seventy deputies will be elected.” Five deputies 125 Cf. testimony of John Alex Delio Bans given before the Inter-American Court during the public hearing held on March 9, 2005; and sworn written statement by Cristina Póveda Montiel made before notary public (affidavit) on February 14, 2005 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 903). 126 Cf. certification issued by the Supreme Electoral Council on November 30, 2004, confirming the names of the candidates elect in the municipal elections of November 7, 2004 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folios 713 to 720); sworn written statement by Centuriano Knight Andrews made before notary public (affidavit) on February 14, 2005 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 896); and sworn written statement by Hazel Law Blanco made before notary public (affidavit) on February 14, 2005 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 911). 127 Cf. sworn written statement by Centuriano Knight Andrews made before notary public (affidavit) on February 14, 2005 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folio 894); official record issued by the RAAN Regional Electoral Council on July 16, 2000, of the registration of the candidates for the municipal elections in five RAAN municipalities (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folios 942 a 946); official receipt issued by the RAAN Regional Electoral Council on July 18, 2000, for the “original documentation of municipal substitute candidates for mayor, deputy mayor and councilors of the North Atlantic municipalities” forwarded to the Director General for Political Parties of the Supreme Electoral Council (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 13, folios 584 a 587); attestation issued by the Director General for Political Parties of the Supreme Electoral Council on May 3, 2005, regarding the candidates proposed by “the Coastal People Party Alliance (PPC)” (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome V, folio 1735); and certification issued by the Supreme Electoral Council on November 30, 2004, regarding the candidates elect in the municipal elections of November 7, 2004 (file of preliminary objections, merits and reparations, tome III, folios 713 to 720). 128 Cf. Desarrollo humano en la Costa Caribe de Nicaragua [Human Development in the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua]. Report prepared by the Programa Nacional de Asesoría para la Formulación de Políticas with the support of the Consejo Nacional de Planificación Económica Social (CONPES) (file of appendixes to the application, tome II, appendix 7); and report entitled “Población total por área de residencia y sexo, según departamento y grupos de edades, años 2002 and 2003” [Total Population by Residence Area and Gender, according to Department and Age Groups, years 2002 and 2003]. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos de Nicaragua (INEC), on www.inec.gob.ni.