SURINAME – “The V7 bloc has decided to beef up its election campaign,” Mahinder Rathipal, secretary of V7, told Times of Suriname. “We have monitored several polls closely and do not trivialize any of them. We take all the results serious and all of them indicate that the people are not that familiar yet with the V7 brand. That is why we will beef up our campaign by adding more activities to our election program between now and the elections,” said Rathipal. One of the big activities that the V7 bloc has added to its calendar  is the waka (walk) through various neighborhoods. “We had already planned a few walks but because the people claim that they are not familiar with the candidates for Parliament, area and district councils, we decided to organize more walks…[+]