Editing Dési Bouterse (section)

=== Reaction from the Netherlands ===
After passage of the amnesty law, the Netherlands immediately stopped the 20 million euro aid set aside for Suriname.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/10464/Amnestiewet-Suriname/article/detail/3239059/2012/04/11/Rosenthal-schort-hulp-aan-Suriname-op.dhtml|title=Rosenthal schort hulp aan Suriname op|author=Redactie|work=De Volkskrant}}</ref> President Bouterse was unmoved by this decision, saying, "I never asked you for 20 million euros. We have economic reserves of almost 800 million dollars".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterkant.net/suriname/2012/04/21/bouterse-nederland-de-tijden-zijn-veranderd/|title=Bouterse: "Nederland, de tijden zijn veranderd"|work=Waterkant.Net|date=21 April 2012}}</ref> The [[Labour Party (Netherlands)|Dutch Labour Party]] and the then ruling [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]] (VVD) believed that this sanction was not enough. They called for more penalties such as economic sanctions, expulsion of the Surinamese ambassador (who is the daughter of MP [[Rashied Doekhi]], one of the 28 MPs who voted in favour of the law), and a ban on European travel for all the Surinamese parliamentarians who voted for the amnesty law. Dutch minister of foreign affairs [[Uri Rosenthal]] did not agree with these requests.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.rnw.nl/suriname/article/surinaamse-zaakgelastigde-land-uit |title=Announcement {{!}} Mededeling {{!}} Radio Netherlands Worldwide<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=1 January 2014 |archive-date=22 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120422155804/http://www.rnw.nl/suriname/article/surinaamse-zaakgelastigde-land-uit |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 8 April 2012, the Dutch prime minister [[Mark Rutte]] said it was "indigestible" that amnesty was granted to the suspects in this stage of the trial (the amnesty law was passed two months before the verdict in the trial).<ref>{{cite web|author=Redactie |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/10464/Amnestiewet-Suriname/article/detail/3239059/2012/04/11/Rosenthal-schort-hulp-aan-Suriname-op.dhtml |title=Rosenthal schort hulp aan Suriname op – Amnestiewet Suriname – VK |publisher=Volkskrant.nl |access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref>