Suriname elects Speaker of National Assembly

Suriname's newly installed National Assembly has re-elected Dr. Jennifer  Geerlings Simons as `House Speaker  and `Melvin`Bouva as vice chair  during a special session of the National Assembly on June 30th. Both politicians are members of the National Democratic Party which won the  free and fair elections on May 25th, 2015. `in her acceptance speech  Jenifer Simons thanked the parting parliamentarians  on behalf of the `people of Suriname .  

She called on the newly installed members of parliament to  keep the interests of the Surinamese people at heart and work hard to live up to voter expectations  in cooperation with the government.   Simons praised the members of parliament for their cooperation to get the new parliament in office wihin the legally prescribed  term. She called on  the politicians to use  political  differences  to strengthen their output i in an adult manner,  rather than to  obstruct or undermine parliamentary work. Simons pointed out four key areas , economy, culture, politics and social reforms which should guide the new parliamentarians  in  fulfilling the many tasks  ahead of them.Suriname has 51 parliament seats and  the new `national Assembly has been elected for a period of five years. `Jenifer Simons received 33 votes and  Melvin Bouva 32 votes.