Suriname expected to elect first female president amid discovery of oil reserves | Suriname
Surinam is expected to choose the first female president this Sunday, a member of the congress and Doctor Jennifer Geerlings-Simons 71, the ruling party will not be accepted after deciding not to be a candidate.
Geerlings-Simons will fulfill the current president Chandrikapersad Santokhi, who has been in office since 2020 and has been re-elected, but cannot secure the majority of two thirds of parliament in the country’s indirect voting system.
A deep contradiction for the old Dutch colony will immediately take office. Since 1975, independently, one of the poorest countries in the region, but Surinam has recently discovered important open sea oil reserves that can earn billions of dollars in the coming decades. The country is not expected to start production until 2028.
Geerlings-Simons began to rise to power on May 25th. Voter chose 51 members The results of the National Assembly of Surinam did not produce a clear winner.
The National Democratic Party went to a narrow forward with 18 winning 18 chairs in front of Santokhi’s party. In the following days, he managed to establish a coalition with five parties and gave him a minimum of 34 seats to be appointed as president.
Last Thursday, Santokhi, the last date to record presidential candidates, announced that he would not nominate the progressive reform party.
The party of Geerlings-Simons was founded by Dési Bouters, who was ruled as a dictator from 1980 to 1987, which was accused of implementing 15 political competitors in 1982. Following the return of Surinam to democracy, he was elected president in 2010 and re -elected in 2015 before applying to Santokhi.
The current president told the local media that there would be a “trouble -free power transition ..
Corruption scandals pointed to the five -year period and had to get help from the international money fund to stabilize the economy. Correct squeezing measures helped to restructure the public debt of Surinam, and triggered severe protests in a country of 600,000 people.
During the presidency, 90 miles (150km) were discovered on the coast of Surinam. The extract project is managed by French Multinational Totalenges, who announced that it will invest 10.5 billion dollars to improve the oil field in October.
Santokhi went so far enough to propose a “copyright for everyone” plan to receive US $ 750 in a savings account with an annual interest rate of 7%of the citizens of Surinam. The plan was one of his key choice-but it was not enough to secure the majority of the party.
With more than 90% of the territory covered by tropical rainforests, Surinam, illegal gold mining and logic, under the increasing pressure, Geerlings-Simons condemned the public as the National Assembly President, in which he played a role in progressing the landscaping.
