SURINAME – The members of the nation’s National Youth Parliament have never received their wages on time since the establishment of the NJP in 2004. MP Carl Breeveld condemned this practice and indicated that “it sets a bad example for the nation’s youths.”

“We find the government’s payment system ludicrous. I think that it is time to develop a system aimed at making things go easier and smoother,” MP Breeveld told Times of Suriname. According to MP Breeveld, people such stop making excuses because it is not always true that official papers must go from one office to the other. “One must come up with a easy system to make things go easier and faster…[+]