Suriname’s Justice Minister Harish Monorath resigned after President Jennifer Geerlings-Simons said his position had become untenable. He is due to leave the government on Monday.

One report said Monorath was implicated over actions taken while he chaired the Telecommunications Authority Suriname. It said that in 2021 he signed a contract granting the authority’s director, Wendy Jap-A-Joe, unusually favourable pay and employment terms, and that the authority paid Monorath for work officially carried out for Ronnie Brunswijk, leader of Monorath’s party. The same report said Jap-A-Joe left before her contract ended and unsuccessfully challenged her departure in court after seeking to remain in the post.