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Student Edition: Weekly Report - 05 December 2019
SURINAME: Bouterse carries on as normal despite conviction
Suriname’s President Dési Bouterse was sentenced to 20 years in prison on 29 November for the murder of 15 political opponents in 1982. Nearly 37 years on, and 12 years after a trial into the infamous ‘December murders’ began, Bouterse was found guilty by a panel of three judges in a seminal ruling. But no arrest warrant was issued and while several opposition politicians insisted that Bouterse, who was visiting China when the verdict was announced, should resign, he has no intention of going anywhere. Addressing supporters upon his return to the country on 1 December, Bouterse was dismissive of the ruling, impugning the integrity of the magistrates who reached it by insisting that it was “political”. He intends not only to appeal but also to stand for re-election in May 2020.
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