People's Alliance for Progress

The People's Alliance for Progress ( nl, Volksalliantie Voor Vooruitgang) is a

political alliance A political group is a group consisting of political parties or legislators of aligned ideologies. A technical group is similar to a political group, but with members of differing ideologies. International terms Equivalent terms are used differ ...

Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the nor ...

, led by

Jules Wijdenbosch Jules Albert Wijdenbosch (born 2 May 1941 in Paramaribo) is a Surinamese politician who was President of Suriname from 1996 to 2000. He was a member of the National Democratic Party, which held absolute power in Suriname during the 1980s. He was ...

. At the last legislative elections (25 May 2005), the alliance won 14.5% of the popular vote and 5 out of 51 seats in the

National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a unicameral legislature, the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or both houses of a bicameral legislature together. In the English language it generally means "an assembly composed of the r ...

. The alliance is formed by: *

Democratic National Platform 2000 The Democratic National Platform 2000 ( nl, Democratisch Nationaal Platform 2000) was a political party in Suriname, that was founded and led by Jules Wijdenbosch. At the legislative elections (25 May 2005), the DNP 2000 was part of the People's ...

(Democratisch Nationaal Platform 2000) *

Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy The Basic Party for Renewal and Democracy ( nl, Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie) was a political party in Suriname. 2005 elections At the legislative elections (25 May 2005), the party was part of the People's Alliance for Progress t ...

(Basispartij voor Vernieuwing en Democratie) *

Party for National Unity and Solidarity The Party for National Unity and Solidarity ( jv, Kerukunan Tulodo Pranatan Inggil, KTPI) is a political party in Suriname historically supported by Javanese Surinamese Javanese Surinamese people are an ethnic group of Javanese descent in S ...

(Kerukanan Tulodo Pranatan Ingit) Political party alliances in Suriname {{Suriname-party-stub