General Liberation and Development Party
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General Liberation and Development Party Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelingspartij | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Ronnie Brunswijk |
| Founded | 11 February 1990 |
| Split from | BEP |
| Ideology | Maroon interests |
| National Assembly | 8 / 51
|
| Website | |
| http://abop.sr/ | |
The General Liberation and Development Party (Template:Lang-nl, ABOP) is a political party in Suriname, founded and chaired by ex-rebel leader Ronnie Brunswijk in 1990 after several members of the BEP were expelled. At the 2010 legislative election, the party was a component in "A-Combination", a political alliance that won 4.7% of the popular vote and seven out of 51 seats in the National Assembly. Of these seven seats, three went to the ABOP. The former Vice President of Suriname, Robert Ameerali, is a member of the ABOP.
As a consequence of having originally split from the BEP, ABOP is similarly more popular among the country's Maroon community, especially in interior areas of the country.
Electoral results
| Election | No. of
overall seats won |
+/– | Government |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 / 51
|
 4
|
in coalition |
| 2010 | 3 / 51
|
 1
|
in coalition |
| 2015 | 5 / 51
|
2
|
in opposition |
| 2020 | 8 / 51
|
3
|
TBD |
Members of the National Assembly
- Ronnie Brunswijk (Marowijne District)
- Marinus Bee (Marowijne District)
- Walter Bonjaski (Sipaliwini District)
External links
- ABOP: Algemene Bevrijdings- en Ontwikkelings Partij NOS, 26 March 2010 (in Dutch)
- Official website
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