{"id":190438,"date":"2026-09-24T05:59:17","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T08:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/?p=190438"},"modified":"2026-09-24T10:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T13:20:15","slug":"gajadien-wants-to-hold-political-officeholders-liable-for-state-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/gajadien-wants-to-hold-political-officeholders-liable-for-state-losses\/","title":{"rendered":"Gajadien wants to hold political office-holders liable for state losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p>\u201cPolitical officeholders and civil servants have a certain responsibility. If these people commit corruption or cause the state to suffer losses through negligence, they must be held liable and the damages must be paid,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dna.sr\/politiek-college\/leden-2025-2030\/asiskumar-gajadien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asiskumar Gajadien<\/a> recently said on ABC Online.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap \" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; border-color: #ffffff;\">G<\/span>ajadien said that the issue of liability must be taken seriously. \u201cOnly then will we get a very different situation in the country. People will then be more cautious and pay better attention.\u201d He further stated that certain people who are placed in positions must serve the people. \u201cThey should not enrich themselves or family members.\u201d In Suriname, it is more common for people in positions to apply for large plots of land for themselves or family members. \u201cThis cannot be allowed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What he also finds unacceptable is when <a href=\"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/commissie-rond-politieke-ambtsdragers-rondt-traject-af-richting-openbare-vergadering\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senior officials<\/a> can purchase state property very cheaply after their term in office. \u201cItems worth USD 100,000 are bought for just USD 4000 and USD 5000.\u201d According to him, this also disadvantages the state. He said that holding people liable for certain matters should therefore instil a sense of responsibility among political figures. \u201cAll these matters will create the conditions to restore confidence in politicians.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Asiskumar Gajadien advocates holding political office-holders liable for state losses caused by corruption or negligence, in order to restore trust in politicians and prevent abuse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":198883,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_29234516172805655_1445375691985227":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16390],"tags":[20888,22613,22612,22611],"class_list":["post-190438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-civil-servants","tag-perpetrators-of-corruption","tag-political-officeholders","tag-responsibility"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/geen-foto-keynews.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190473,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190438\/revisions\/190473"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}