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The 51 seats in the National Assembly are elected using party-list proportional representation.Previous general elections had been held using ten multi-member constituencies, but following a ruling by the Constitutional Court in 2022 that judged that it was unconstitutional, the constituencies were abolished and all 51 seats will be elected from a single nationwide constituency.
GFC Nieuws gfcnieuws.com; Lam Foeng in Chinese ; Star Nieuws starnieuws.com; Suriname Herald srherald.com; Times of Suriname surinametimes.com; United News unitednews.sr; Waterkant (Rotterdam, Netherlands) waterkant.net; Suriname Nieuws (srnieuws.com) collects current articles from these papers.
Suriname (/ ˈ s ʊər ɪ n æ m,-n ɑː m / ⓘ SOOR-in-A(H)M, Dutch: [syːriˈnaːmə] ⓘ, Sranan Tongo: Sranan, Sarnámi Hindustáni: Sarnam, Surinamese-Javanese: Srinama), officially the Republic of Suriname (Dutch: Republiek Suriname [reːpyˈblik syːriˈnaːmə]), is a country in northern South America, sometimes considered part of the Caribbean and the West Indies.
De Ware Tijd (English: The True Time) is one of four daily newspapers in Paramaribo, Suriname. As of 2002, it was the largest-circulation paper in the country, ahead of its rival, De West, and was described as taking a "staunchly independent stance" politically. [1] It is published in the Dutch language, and privately owned.
The second Bouterse cabinet was inaugurated in 2015 amid a recession that would peak the following year. [9] The country's debt would end up nearly doubling between 2015 and 2019, [10] partially because of economic woes as well as increased government spending and hiring of new government employees, which then made up 53% of the country's workforce (with an average wage of under US$350 per ...
Times of Suriname is a national newspaper in Suriname. [1] The paper is published daily (except on Sundays) in a broadsheet format with a reported circulation of 35,000-40,000. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The paper was founded in December 2003 by (at the time) rich business man and politician Rudi Dilip Sardjoe and claims to be a quality news paper and the ...
In 1970, Bouterse married Ingrid Figueira, whom he had known as a teenager in Suriname. They had two children: Peggy and Dino. Shortly after the marriage, Bouterse was assigned to the Dutch military base in Seedorf, Germany. [19] On 11 November 1975, Bouterse returned with his family to Suriname after it gained independence from the Netherlands.
The National Assembly (Dutch: De Nationale Assemblée, commonly abbreviated "DNA") is the Parliament, representing the legislative branch of government in Suriname. It is a unicameral legislature. The assembly has been situated in the former park house at the Independence Square in Paramaribo , after a fire destroyed the old building of ...