A high-stakes leadership dispute at Suriname’s Telecommunications Authority (TAS) has sparked public clarification from President Jennifer Simons, who has formally denied claims that she authorized the outgoing TAS director to remain in post after her five-year mandated term expired on October 20. In a public statement addressing the escalating conflict between the director and the TAS Board of Commissioners (RvC), the head of state laid out a clear, law-based position that has thrown the future of the regulator’s leadership into question.