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Vol. 30, Issue 46 QUEENS/LONG ISLAND/BRONX/MANHATTAN NOVEMBER 15-21, 2019
WAR
COURT
RULE
Surinamese president
fights to stay out of jail
By Bert Wilkinson
One of the best known
personalities in Caribbean
Community politics is fighting
hard to stay out of jail.
Surinamese President Desi
Bouterse who led two coups
in 1980 and 1990, has along
with about 20 other defendants
been summoned to
appear before a war court
at month end to learn of the
date when he would most
likely be sentenced to 20
years in jail for mass murder
. On Dec. 8, 1982, soldiers
rounded up 15 critics of his
then military-led government,
pushed their backs
against the walls of an old
Dutch fort, and executed
them, triggering outrage
throughout the hemisphere.
The 15, including four
journalists, academic, labor
leaders and clergymen, were
Community mural
One of the depictions at the community mural at NYC
Health + Hospitals / McKinney. See story on Page 3.
Photo by Nelson A. King
Election
reform bills
now law
By Nelson A. King
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has
signed into law five “common
sense” election reform bills
introduced in the Legislature
this year by Chair of the Elections
Committee, Brooklyn Sen.
Zellnor Y. Myrie.
Myrie, who represents the
20th Senatorial District, said
the bills “make several changes
to improve the efficiency, security,
and clarity of elections in
New York State.”
“When we began this historic
year for election reforms
with closing the LLC loophole
and Early Voting, we knew our
work was far from complete,” he
said. “With these reforms, we’ve
made common sense changes
like making it easier to monitor
campaign contributions,
empowering poll watchers to do
their job, and clearing the way
for more efficient poll site staffing.
“Voters need to trust that
every vote will be counted and
their democracy functions
with integrity, and that’s what
these reforms are about,” Myrie
added.
The bills that were signed
into law are: S3145-A – to better
inform voters as to important
ballot questions when a ballot is
two sided.
This bill amends section
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