Jennifer van Dijk-Silos

Jennifer Victorine van Dijk-Silos (born 13 December 1954)[1] is a Surinamese politician of the National Democratic Party. She was Minister of Justice and Police between August 2015 and March 2017.

Jennifer van Dijk-Silos
Van Dijk-Silos, 2013
Minister of Justice and Police
In office
12 August 2015 – 23 March 2017
PresidentDési Bouterse
Preceded byEdward Belfort
Succeeded byFerdinand Welzijn (interim)
Personal details
Born (1954-12-13) 13 December 1954
Political partyNational Democratic Party

Career

In August 2015 Van Dijk-Silos was appointed as Minister of Justice and Police.[2] She succeeded Edward Belfort.[3]

Van Dijk-Silos was chair of the Independent Electoral Commission (Dutch:Onafhankelijke Kiescommissie) for twelve years before she was appointed as minister. She also had her own law firm, which she transferred to her daughter.[2]

On 7 July 2016 the opposition parties Democratic Alternative '91 and Surinamese Labour Party, demanded the resignation of Van Dijk-Silos due to comments she had made about the trial over the December murders.[4] The next day more parliamentarians joined the call.[5] Van Dijk-Silos reacted by first saying she had no message to the calls for her resignation and subsequently that the opposition parliamentarians had lied in their letter to President Dési Bouterse.[6][7]

On 21 March 2017 Van Dijk-Silos was asked to resign by President Dési Bouterse, he cited her troublesome relations with the judicial power as reason. Judges of the Court of Justice of Suriname earlier withdrew support for her in a letter, stating that she was "impossible to communicate and cooperate with".[8] Van Dijk-Silos refused to resign and she was subsequently relieved of her position with honor by Bouterse.[9] On 23 March 2017 Van Dijk-Silos was succeeded by Ferdinand Welzijn in an interim capacity.[10]

References
  1. "Over ons". Advocatenkantoor Van Dijk-Silos. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  2. "Van Dijk-Silos nieuwe minister van Justitie en Politie". Starnieuws. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  3. "Belfort draagt over aan Van dijk-Silos". LPM News. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  4. "Aftreden Suriname's minister van Justitie geëist". Waterkant. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. "Ook oppositionele fracties eisen ontslag Jennifer Van Dijk- Silos". Dnieuws. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  6. Jerrel Harderwijk (7 July 2016). "Van Dijk-Silos: "Ik heb geen boodschap aan weg met Silos"". Suriname Herald. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  7. "Minister Van Dijk-Silos: Gore leugen in brief oppositie". Starnieuws. 8 July 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2016.
  8. "Bouterse ontslaat minister van Justitie en Politie" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 21 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  9. "Laatste officiële publieke handeling Van Dijk – Silos" (in Dutch). Waterkant. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
  10. "Van Dijk-Silos draagt over aan Welzijn" (in Dutch). GFC Nieuws. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
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