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Security & Strategic Review - February 2025
SURINAME: Suriname’s moment
In 2020, Guyana held a highly contested election on the eve of its transformation into an oil-rich nation. Five years on, Suriname is in the same place, albeit with some important differences, not least the fact that while ethnicity is important in Surinamese politics it is not as dominant as in Guyana. In Guyana there was a strong feeling that the winner of the 2020 election would use the imminent oil wealth almost exclusively for its ethnic supporters (Indo-Guyanese in the case of the victorious People’s Progressive Party/Civic [PPP/C], and Afro-Guyanese in the case of the defeated A Partnership for National Unity-Alliance for Change [Apnu-AFC] coalition). The choice isn’t quite so binary in Suriname. An additional factor in the 2025 Suriname election, to be held on 25 May 2025, is that it will be held without the lurking presence of former military dictator (1980-1987) and elected president (2010-2020) Desi Bouterse, who died on Christmas Eve.
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