Appeal rejected

PARAMARIBO (CMC):

The Court of Justice on Wednesday rejected an appeal by ex-President Desi Bouterse and his four co-convicts that sought to suspend their lengthy jail terms after they had been convicted of murder.

The appeal of the five were declared inadmissible, which meant that it was not dealt with substantively by the court.

In its judgment, the court said that although the legal rules used to submit the notice of appeal offer citizens room to take action against the Public Prosecution Service, their scope is too limited to deal with the substantive handling of the complaint and the appeal was therefore rejected.

According to the court, the relevant article of law was used as a supra appeal remedy and, in its opinion, this could not be possible in its application