Citizens upset about unsolicited placement on VHP candidate lists for district and resort councils

Text Wilfred Leeuwin PARAMARIBO — Residents of the Sipaliwini district reacted with surprise after learning that they had been nominated by the VHP for a seat in the resort and district councils without being asked. In a letter to chairman Ose Jabini of the main polling station in Sipaliwini, they stated that they had never been asked nor given permission to the VHP to be a candidate for the party in their district. The letter writers state that…