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Caribbean Life, N 20 ovember 15-21, 2019
Surinamese prez awaits his fate
accused of conspiring with local and
western counter revolutionaries to
reverse the February 1980 coup that
had toppled the elected administration
of Henck Arron, the country’s
first prime minister after independence
from The Netherlands in 1975.
The defendants including former
military officers and civilian counterparts
have been on trial since 2007 but
the court this week indicated that it is
about ready to name a date for sentencing.
The court has already recommended
that the two-term president seeking
a third in elections already set for late
next May, should be jailed for 20 years
for his leading role in the executions.
Bouterse, 74 last month, has persistently
and vehemently denied giving
even a single individual order to execute
anyone on that fateful night back in the
80s, but has publicly admitted political
and collective responsibility for the
killings.
Late labor leader Fred Derby had said
he was “the only one allowed to walk
away” from the rifles of soldiers at the
fort, ironically located right next door
to the cabinet and presidential office as
well as the presidential palace in downtown
Paramaribo.
The court of justice by letter this
week, ordered all the remaining defendants
to appear before judges on Nov.
29 when further instructions on the
way forward will be handed down. This
includes an exact date for sentencing.
Irwin Kanhai, Bouterse’s lead attorney
last week lost in a bid to have the
sentence thrown out without any punishment
because a full year has passed
and no sentence had been handed down
despite the fact that the main parts of
the trial had concluded.
Two of the 25 indicted for mass murder
have since died, a few have been
freed but the majority including the
head of state are now nervously awaiting
sentencing.
Lawyers like Hugo Essed for surviving
relatives, have said that there is
no law that could stop Bouterse and
the others from heading to jail if the
court so rules despite the fact that he
is president of the republic. Parliament
had months back passed an immunity
law but Essed argues that this will be
invalid.
“Failure to close is currently being
abused and this abuse cannot be used
to wait a year and not to perform any
procedural action. Moreover, there is
no prospect of a date of the judgment,”
said Kanhai last week. The judges disagreed.
The result is that the court could
hand down its sentence any day it chooses.
Widespread speculation is that the
judges could drop it on him and other
defendants at a time when it could hurt
and hinder his third term campaign
ahead of elections in late May.
Like neighboring Guyana which will
likely become an oil producer in December,
next year’s polls are being regarded
as the mother of all elections as the
country is also expected to find large
amounts of oil. Most of Guyana’s large
offshore oil fields are just across the border
with Suriname. Expectations there
are high that the country will also cash
in and whichever party wins will likely
control the nation for years to come.
Continued from Page 1
Five election reform bills signed
7-110 of the election law to provide clear
instructions to voters if the ballot is twosided,
Myrie said.
“It is almost always necessary to place
ballot questions on the side of the ballot
opposite the side of the ballot where candidates
appear,” he said. “This bill ensures
voters are appropriately informed when
their ballot is a two-sided ballot.”
S.3140/A.111: Requires Local Boards
of Elections to Publish Campaign Contribution
Limits.
Under current law, the total number
of registered voters in a district determines
local contribution limits, leading
to varying limits from year to year, Myrie
said.
Additionally, he said there is currently
no requirement for boards of elections to
publish these limits.
This bill amends election law requiring
local boards of elections to publish
campaign contribution limits, “which
will increase transparency and awareness
for voters within a local district,”
Myrie said.
S.3903/A.1641A: reducing confusion
and simplifying filing requirements by
mandating all candidates and committees
to electronically file their campaign
finance information with the New York
State Board of Elections.
Myrie said this bill removes the $1,000
fundraising minimum for campaigns to
file with the State Board of Elections,
easing the reporting process by having
each campaign report its finances to one
location.
“Centralizing the reporting process
will reduce the workloads of City
and County Boards of Elections, clarify
whether campaigns have met filing
requirements, and improve transparency
for the public,” he said.
S.3141-A/A.1525: Clarifying the Process
for Appointing Poll Watchers.
This measure clarifies the process for
appointing poll watchers in any general,
primary, special, village or town election,
allowing candidates on the ballot and
political committees three watchers for
each election district and only one within
the guardrail at any time.
By amending this law, the senator
said New York State is providing “greater
insight and clearer authority for appointing
poll watchers, which has historically
been a convoluted and contentious process.”
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