Editing Jungle Commando (section)

== Interactions with new government ==
In September 1987, a referendum was held in which the government approved a new draft of the Constitution, paving the way for democracy in the [[Republic of Suriname]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual 1989-1990 Chapter IV Suriname|url=http://www.cidh.org/annualrep/89.90eng/chap4g.htm|access-date=2021-11-18|website=www.cidh.org}}</ref> On November 25, elections were held in which forty of the fifty-one seats were filled by members of the traditional party. This would lead to little change as the government continued to undermine its citizens and commit human rights violations one after the other. In their continual pursuit of the head of the Jungle Commando, the military continued capturing locals they claimed were rebels and executing them. These killings would continue until 1989, when the Jungle Commandos' prevalence in the area began to rise in retaliation. The village of Pokigron was completely burned to the ground by members of the Jungle Commando. Several businesses and homes were also targeted in the town of [[Brownsweg]] several days later. On August 31, the Jungle Commando would hijack a ferry containing over forty vehicles 54 miles west of [[Paramaribo]] on the [[Coppename River]]. The ferry was then brought up river where the Jungle Commando would use this equipment to take control of Carib and Arowak. Shortly after this series of attacks, the government would begin pursuing negotiations with the Jungle Commando in late November.<ref name=":0"/>