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Suriname went to the polls on Monday with strongman President Desi Bouterse seeking a third term, battling to hold on to power to avoid spending his twilight years in prison after being convicted of murder.  As quoted by AFP.com ( 26/5)  the former military dictator turned politician has dominated his tiny South American country for four decades, but polls suggested his National Democratic Party (NDP) was likely to lose its majority in the 51-member parliament which elects the president. The 74-year-old and his wife Ingrid Waaldring were among the first people to vote at a school in the capital Paramaribo, surrounded by supporters and media. Authorities lifted a partial coronavirus lockdown for the day and voters lined up at 1.5-meter (five-foot) intervals before the polls opened at 7:00 am (1000 GMT)//AFP