{"id":194982,"date":"2026-10-14T15:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/?p=194982"},"modified":"2026-10-14T14:35:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T17:35:17","slug":"abrahams-calls-for-release-of-gefferie-brondenstein-and-dendoe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/abrahams-calls-for-release-of-gefferie-brondenstein-and-dendoe\/","title":{"rendered":"Abrahams calls for release of Gefferie, Brondenstein and Dendoe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div class=\"intro-text\">\n<p>NDP vice-chairman Ramon Abrahams believes that his party should work towards the release of Ernst Gefferie, Benny Brondenstein and Stephanus Dendoe. The three former military personnel have been serving their prison sentences since January 2024 for their role in the December Murders of 1982.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dropcap \" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; border-color: #ffffff;\">A<\/span>brahams criticised the lack of action by the party leadership on Monday in the programme Bakana Tori. \u201cMy comrades have been in Santo Boma for more than thirty months now, and this is not what we promised them,\u201d Abrahams said. The three voluntarily reported in January 2024 to serve their sentences.<\/p>\n<p>According to Abrahams, late former president and former NDP chairman Delano Bouterse had promised that the three would be free in the event of an election victory. He believes the party must now make efforts towards this. How, in his view, that release should be legally achieved was not clear from his statements.<\/p>\n<p>Abrahams accused the party leadership of paying insufficient attention to the three detainees. He described them as founders of the revolution and stated that party members who now hold positions are making insufficient efforts on their behalf.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the issue is linked to the way Bouterse\u2019s legacy is being dealt with within the NDP. \u201cI am still working to preserve his legacy, because now his legacy is being treated rather lightly,\u201d Abrahams said. He believes that some party members act as though they no longer know Bouterse. \u201cIt is as if people are celebrating Bouterse\u2019s death.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Abrahams, lawyer Irvin Kanhai submitted a request several weeks ago to secure the release of the three on health grounds. According to him, that request was not granted. Abrahams stressed that he will continue to work for their release.<\/p>\n<p>The NDP vice-chairman also warned of dissatisfaction within the party. According to him, older, revolutionary NDP members are being sidelined and, since Bouterse\u2019s death, there has been no unifying force. \u201cThere are different factions within the organisation and there is no binding force, because Bouterse is no longer there. We now lack his qualities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NDP vice-chairman Ramon Abrahams is urging the release of Gefferie, Brondenstein and Dendoe from Santo Boma, despite their lengthy detention over the December Murders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":142800,"comment_status":"","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_1309923202201307":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1158244960706604":"","facebook_29234516172805655_1093738170500407":"","facebook_29234516172805655_108923581283702":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16390],"tags":[16291,22551,20032,18326,24077,16292],"class_list":["post-194982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politiek-sr","tag-key-news","tag-ndp","tag-nieuws","tag-politics","tag-ramon-abrahams","tag-suriname"],"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,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194982","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=194982"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194986,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194982\/revisions\/194986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/keynews.sr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=194982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}