The Netherlands will respect the result of the Suriname general election but cannot forget the past of winning alliance leader Desi Bouterse, Dutch foreign affairs minister Maxime Verhagen said on Wednesday.
According to preliminary results, a coalition led by former military leader and convicted trafficker Bouterse emerged as the winner of the Tuesday vote with 23 of the 51 seats in parliament.
Bouterse was sentenced to jail for drugs smuggling in the Netherlands but avoided jail because Suriname, a former Dutch colony, does not extradite its own citizens. He is currently on trial for his role in killing 15 political opponents in 1982.
Verhagen said: "Bouterse is not welcome in the Netherlands".
For more: DutchNews.nl - Bouterse's past is not forgotten, despite election victory:Verhagen
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