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Surinamese vice president Ronnie Brunswijk announced on Thursday that his brother Leo Brunswijk will resign a number of the positions he holds at state-owned companies. He will only have 1 position left, according to the VP.
Brunswick said Wednesday on the sound truck against protesting citizens that his brother Leo’s positions would be revoked.
“As I promised to the people, it will happen. In good consultation it has been decided that Leo Brunswijk will only keep 1 position. He will resign from all other positions within the state-owned companies. The process for this has already started today. Long live democracy and the voice of the peopleBrunswijk wrote on his Facebook page.
According to his brother, Leo will resign from his positions at Staatsolie, EBS and SLM. It is unknown what position he will hold. The VP also spoke to ABC Online News about this yesterday: