During the final mass meeting of the National Democratic Party (NDP) on Saturday Ashwin Adhin was presented as the vice president of the NDP. “If the people want the NDP to run the country again another five years, then Adhin will be the new vice president of Suriname,” said President Desi Bouterse. To Adhin this nomination was a total surprise. Bouterse is the presidential candidate and Jennifer Geerlings-Simons has been nominated for a second term as chairwoman of the National Assembly. Bouterse’s announcement totally surprised Adhin and in his first reaction he said: “I am surprised and do not know how to react. The president totally took me by surprise with this nomination…[+]