A referendum approved a negotiated constitutional framework and opened the way for elections. The process reflected pressure for a return to representative government after years of military rule,...
Suriname held general elections for representative bodies for the first time since the coup. The Front for Democracy and Development won decisively. The result restored electoral competition, though...
The government led by Ramsewak Shankar took office after the 1987 elections. The transfer was a major step in the return to civilian electoral government, but it unfolded within a constitutional...
