TOPIC: “Ethnic Politics in Suriname: The Election of President Chandrikapersad Santokhi & VP Ronnie Brunswijk.”
DATE: Sunday July 26, 2020 at 7.30 pm (Trinidad/Atlantic time)
SPEAKERS:
DR MARTEN SCHALKWIJK - Professor Emeritus of Social Change and Development, Anton de Kom University of Suriname (AdeKUS)
DR WIM BAKKER - Former Member of the National Assembly for the National Party of Suriname (NPS)
DR JACK MENKE - Professor of Social Sciences and Research Methodology, AdeKUS
MS NIESHA JHAKRY – Attorney and Member of Member of the National Assembly representing Nickerie
DISCUSSANT:
RAVI DEV - Former Guyana Member of Parliament and Indian civil rights activist
BRIEF REPORT on ICDN public meeting via ZOOM on Sunday night (26/7/20) on the topic “Ethnic Politics in Suriname: The Election of President Chandrikapersad Santokhi & VP Ronnie Brunswijk.”
There were 69 persons in attendance from all over the world. The audience was also ethnically and equitably mixed. A demographic statistical analysis of the ZOOM participants may well prove that the vast majority of participants often come from outside of Trinidad where the public meeting has been hosted.
