SURINAME – The Opposition has presented an interpellation proposal aimed at demanding answers from  President Desi Bouterse regarding the alleged fraudulent activities surrounding the construction of the bridges over the Coppename- and the Suriname River in the period 1996-2000. The members of the Opposition have also urged the president to instruct the Public Prosecutor’s Office to launch an investigation. According to Dutch justice officials the bridge builder Ballast Nedam had  given bribes to government officials in order to get the contracts for two construction projects…[+]