Saskia Walden Leaves VHP: 'Insufficient Decisiveness Against Racism and Corruption'

text Ivan Cairo PARAMARIBO — Former Minister of Economic Affairs, Saskia Walden, officially resigned from the Progressive Reform Party (VHP) on Tuesday. In a letter to the party board, she criticizes the persistent lack of willingness within influential sections of the party to structurally tackle racism and corruption. Expect no change When asked by de Ware Tijd why this step was taken so shortly before the elections, Walden responded as follow…