National Assembly of Suriname

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National Assembly of Suriname
logo De Nationale Assemblee (Parliament Building)
logo De Nationale Assemblee (Parliament Building)
Basic data
Seat: Paramaribo , Onafhankelijkheidsplein 10
Legislative period : five years
First session: May 8, 1866
MPs: 51
Current legislative period
Last choice: May 25, 2020
Chair: President of the Parliament
Marinus Bee Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij (ABOP)

Vice-President
Dew Sharman Vooruitstrevende Hervormingspartij (VHP)
Website
www.dna.sr

The National Assembly of Suriname ( De Nationale Assemblée , abbr. DNA ) is the parliament of Suriname . Suriname has a unicameral system .

The parliament consists of 51 elected representatives. The citizens entitled to vote usually determine the composition of the chamber every five years in general, free and secret elections .

According to Articles 71 to 74 of the Basic Law u. a. legislative , government-controlling as well as organizational functions.

Besides the DNA, Suriname also knows the United People's Assembly ( Verenigde Volksvergadering , VVV). This state body consists of the members of the DNA as well as the district and departmental councils. It meets when one of the presidential or vice-presidential candidates does not get a two-thirds majority in the DNA vote. The election is then made by the VVV with a simple majority. In some special cases, there is also the option of convening if a two-thirds majority of the DNA so decides.

history

The first parliament in Suriname was formed in the Dutch colonial period from 1866 onwards by the Colonial States . It consisted of 13 members, nine elected and four deputies appointed by the governor .

In 1936 the name was changed to Staten van Suriname . The number of members was increased to 15, ten elected by citizens with voting rights and five appointed by the governor.

The General suffrage , for women, was introduced in 1948 and the number of MEPs increased to 21. At the same time the office of was prime minister introduced so that the colony was no longer governed solely by the employed since 1668 Dutch governors, but from 1949 through the Local politicians generally derived from the election results.

When Suriname became an independent republic on November 25, 1975 , the parliament was given the name Parlement van de Republiek Suriname . Parliament was dissolved by the coup d'état by parts of the military on February 25, 1980.

From 1985 it was replaced by an appointed assemblée . De Nationale Assemblée in its current form came into being in 1987 when the democratic elections were returned to the newly adopted Basic Law. This also defines the tasks and responsibilities of the three representative bodies, the DNA, the departmental councils with 712 and the district councils with 104 representatives. On November 25, 1987, parliamentary elections were held for the first time since the coup. Further elections for the DNA took place in 1991, 1996, 2000, on May 25, 2005 , May 25, 2010 , May 25, 2015 and May 25, 2020 .

Parliament building

The parliament building from the river
On the right the parliament building on Gravenstraat that burned down in 1996 in 1884

Parliament meets in the former partnership building Het Park on Independence Square in Paramaribo . The move became necessary after a fire on August 1, 1996 completely devastated the old seat of the People's Representation ( Statengebouw ), a historic building built at the beginning of the 18th century at Gravenstraat 2-4 .

Chair since 1975

Emile Wijntuin was chairman of the Staten van Suriname from December 1973 and remained so after the independence of Suriname until the dissolution of parliament in 1980.

After the 1987 elections, Jagernath Lachmon of the Vooruitstrevende Hervormings Partij (VHP) (Progressive Renewal Party) became chairman of the DNA, a position he had already held twice during the time of the States of Suriname .

On October 10, 1996, Marijke Djawalapersad was elected chairman of the Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy (BVD), a split from the VHP. She was the first woman in Surinamese history to chair the parliament. Djawalapersad was replaced in office on July 24, 2000 by Jagernath Lachmon, who exercised this until his death in October 2001. His party comrade Ramdien Sardjoe was elected as his successor .

After the parliamentary elections in 2005 , the DNA met for the first time on June 30, 2005. Paul Somohardjo from Pertjajah Luhur and Caprino Allendy from A Combinatie , both parties that belong to the governing coalition, were elected chairman and vice-chairman of the DNA with 29 votes each.

In the first session of the DNA, on June 30, 2010, after the parliamentary elections on May 25, 2010 , Jennifer Simons (short: Jenny Simons) of the National Democratic Party (NDP) became chairwoman with 26 votes and the political opponent with 25 votes Ruth Wijdenbosch from the Nationale Partij Suriname (NPS) elected Vice-Chair of the DNA.

On June 30, 2015, the first session of the DNA took place after the parliamentary elections on May 25, 2015 . Jenny Simons was elected for a second term as chairman of parliament with 33 votes. This time, a representative of the NDP was also elected Vice-Chairman with 32 votes and Melvin Bouva. The two opposing candidates of the opposition, Krishna Husainali-Mathoera and Marinus Bee , received 18 and 19 votes respectively.

After the parliamentary elections on May 20, 2020 , the first meeting of the DNA took place on June 29, 2020. At this meeting, Ronnie Brunswijk (ABOP) was elected as chairman of parliament and Dew Sharman (VHP) as vice-chairman.

After Ronnie Brunswijk was Chairman of the National Assembly of Suriname from June 29, 2020 until his election as Vice-President of Suriname on July 13, 2020, Marinus Bee was elected unopposed candidate by acclamation to succeed Brunswijk as Chairman of Parliament and sworn in.

See also

Web links

Commons : National Assembly of Suriname  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c SURINAME (National Assemblee), Full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  2. ^ Suriname - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved May 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ StarNieuws from June 30, 2015 Dutch, accessed July 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ Brunswijk en Sharman bij enkele kandidaatstelling gekozen , StarNieuws from June 29, 2020 Dutch, accessed on July 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ StarNieuws, July 14, 2020 Dutch, accessed July 15, 2020.

Coordinates: 5 ° 49'32 "  N , 55 ° 9'2"  W.