President Desi Bouterse and the political parties DOE, Pertjajah Luhur and VHP agree that political parties must stick to a general code of ethics during their election campaigns. This code of ethics must encourage politicians to respect each other’s ethnic, religious and cultural diversity at all times. President Bouterse on Friday met with the representatives of several political parties. The political parties also indicated that they are against dragging somebody through the mud on the political stage. The parties also referred to the code of conduct which was recently sent to them by the Inter Religious Council in Suriname (IRIS)…[+]