Confidant Bouterse Attorney

paramaribo - Surinamese President Desi Bouterse Friday Eugene van der San appointed the new Minister of Justice and Police. Van der San has for years been the most important advisors of Bouterse and was since 2010 director of the Office of the President.

Critics make a connection with the process of the December murders in which Bouterse is the main suspect. Lawyer of the relatives Hugo Essed see this. ' many indications that the appointment of Mr Van der San to make Minister of Justice and Police has everything a new scenario of the advisers to the president to influence the December 8 trial. 'Processed is referring to previous attempts which did Bouterse to stop the trial, such as the declaration of an amnesty law.

The December 8 process revolves around the murder of fifteen political opponents in December 1982. Bouterse was then army chief.