Submitted Dna Was Stormed Dagblad Suriname

Committing violence against human lives for ideological motives, causing socially disruptive damage to property, aiming at social undermining, bringing about destabilisation, instilling serious fear in the population and influencing political decision-making Certainly not covered by Articles 19, 20, 21.

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38 On February 17, 2023, the images from at least one news medium shook the Republic of Suriname to its foundations: a group of furious supporters against the current Santokhi / Brunswijk Government, incited beforehand by a well-organized, deed-orchestrated speeches and appeals to opponents of the Government through the media and social medium, went to the DNA building, forced their way in by force and happily wreaked havoc within.

Elected representatives of the people had to hide Meeting rooms were raided, vandalized, set on fire and the police took hours to get the situation under control.

It was the ultimate sign of the fragility of democracy and how the proliferation of conspiracy theories combined with incitement can and has led to terrible consequences together With all the government's plans with the State budget in view, Montesquieu should answer the following question to the various experts and agitators in their fields: how do we protect our democracy against these excesses? Scenes such as with the DNA and the instigated robberies, especially in the inner city, were not considered likely.

Know-it-alls point to a number of common factors that can be found in the differences in political thinking, great blind faith in the government and the state, and social problems on a large scale But no reference is made to the existing susceptibility to extreme expressions, where the situation and the many menacing statements “CHAN MUST THUNDER” are still well remembered and in people, surges of emotion and irrationality create an atmosphere, which has led to threats and violence.

Conspiracy theories are also spread in beloved Sranan and find many avid followers The television images, TikTok, You Tube and the many WWW.

STIRERS had something of a deja vu It reminded me of the menacing atmosphere around the Capitol in Washington DC and Brasilia recently.

It seemed as if the instigators were the agitated wicked, could not restrain the stunned wild supporters during the storms and will later want to shout that they were engaged in free speech and peaceful demonstration based on the Constitution However, the images released on social media speak volumes and the responsible instigators of these violent events must be dealt with and punished.

unacceptable It made it clear at a glance what an angry, indignant and incendiary crowd is and was capable of.

It would be a denial of the always positively and negatively surprising reality to say that something like this would never (could) happen in our beloved Suriname “SETUP ?” This eruption of violence in the heart of Surinamese democracy was no surprise to me given the propaganda made “FIGHT WITH ALL MEANS AT YOUR SERVICE CHAN MUST GET OUT”.

The speed and ease with which the mob entered the parliament building shows how fragile democracy is and deserves protection Whether it is against terrorists who target one or more representatives of the people, against the deliberate circulation of incorrect information or against clique formation by those in power, the thorough investigation will have to show in the near future.

Anger is possible, but violence and intimidation should never pay off In a democracy, anger is expressed with words, which should be converted into (policy) actions with sufficient support.

It could have been restless since the coup, or even grim, such as during student protests However, it often had something folkloric and a petition was regularly presented.

But a protest against moving inside the State Parliament and damaging windows and other things there was unprecedented until this day If only the police had not been willing or unable to make that access impossible, to say the least.

We must recognize that extra police deployment is desirable in some cases Application of articles 161 to 180 WvSr is still a real possibility: to PRISON PENALTIES.

We will therefore also have to think in Suriname about the question of how democracy should defend itself against these excesses In that sense, the storming of shop premises, etc.

, is a warning The spread of conspiracy theories on the internet can spill over into street violence.

The fact that things are taking off at such a rapid pace in Suriname, therefore, shows a dangerous underestimation ' I understand the storming of parliament as an uprising by an anti-social movement that tried with illegal means to sabotage the formal performance of the duties of THIS GOVERNMENT in order to keep a current president out of the saddle.

I see this self-antisocial movement as a movement of a terrorist nature An uprising organized by these movement(s) in which democratic institutions are stormed in illegal ways cannot simply be ruled out.

Whether this incumbent democratically elected government would encourage such a move to sabotage the continuation of its Constitutional duties based particularly on the nature of our political system, and certainly not on the current quality of political leadership, is up to them That leaves a possibly questionable enforcement of such an illegal disorder.

My hope is that we could not see that happen, given the high quality and sense of duty of our law and order enforcement, but we also need to realize that institutional racism is widespread in our country In short, our democratic constitutional state has good relations: that is not self-evident, we must continue to work on that.

The democratic constitutional state could use some major maintenance and, above all, good political leadership J.

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