In 1951, Surinamese students in the Netherlands founded the cultural association Wi Eigi Sani ("our own things").
In 1977, the coalition broke up and the Nationalist Republican Party went to the elections independently, without receiving seats in the parliament.
On 25 February 1980, a military coup led by sergeant Dési Bouterse overthrew Arron's government.
Bouterse began to rule Suriname as the head of the National Military Council, created by him.
He dissolved the parliament, abolished the constitution, introduced a state of emergency in the country and created a special tribunal that examined the affairs of members of the former government and large businessmen.