Union of Progressive Surinamese

The Union of Progressive Surinamese (Dutch: Unie van Progressieve Surinamers) was a political party in Suriname. It was founded in 2003 by Henry Ori, who was the party's chairman during its whole existence.[1][2] At the 2005 Surinamese general election, in an alliance with the Party for Democracy and Development through Unity, the party won 4.9% of the popular vote and no seats in the National Assembly.[3] During the 2010 elections, the union was one of the four parties in the People's Alliance (VolksAlliantie) before the elections),[4] in which Paul Somohardjo's Pertjajah Luhur (PL) participated as the largest party,[5] where it again failed to secure a seat. In 2013, the party under Ori merged into the Progressive Reform Party (VHP).[2]

References

  1. ^ DBNL. "Hans Ramsoedh Het democratisch tekort in Suriname, OSO. Tijdschrift voor Surinaamse taalkunde, letterkunde en geschiedenis. Jaargang 27". DBNL (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  2. ^ a b "Starnieuws - HPP wordt gereactiveerd". Starnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  3. ^ Sedney, Jules (2017). De toekomst van ons verleden: democratie, etniciteit en politieke machtsvorming in Suriname ((2017) ed.). Paramaribo, Suriname: Vaco Publishers. pp. 309–310. ISBN 978-99914-0-109-6.
  4. ^ "D21: Democraten van de 21ste eeuw". nos.nl (in Dutch). 2010-03-26. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  5. ^ "Starnieuws - Pertjajah Luhur gaat als Volksalliantie de verkiezingen in". Starnieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 2025-12-09.
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