On November 3, local Suriname time, VHP faction member of the National Assembly Mahinder Jogi formally raised two high-profile accountability concerns related to the Telecommunications Authority Suriname (TAS) during a plenary parliamentary session, pressing the national executive branch for full public clarification. First, Jogi has flagged deep procedural irregularities surrounding a November 2021 employment contract signed with the former TAS director. Citing Article 4 of the official TAS governing statute, which explicitly lays out standardized authority parameters and mandatory appointment protocols for the agency’s director role, the parliamentarian argued that the signing of this 2021 agreement directly violated existing legal provisions. He is now demanding the government disclose all supporting documentation, official pre-appointment approvals, and the full scope of binding obligations TAS inherited from the potentially unlawful contract, alongside a formal ruling on the legal validity of the document itself. Second, Jogi presented uncorroborated but credible sourced information alleging that TAS disbursed millions of Surinamese dollars in improper payments to at least two senior former officials, including ex-presidential commissioner Harish Monorath and former TAS director Wendy Jap-A-Joe. Per the documents Jogi has obtained, these public funds were not allocated for regulatory work for the telecommunications watchdog, but for tasks performed for the Office of the Vice President in separate, unofficial capacities. When fellow assembly members called for him to publicly present his supporting evidence during the session, Jogi declined to disclose his sources to protect whistleblowers, asserting that the onus of verification and public transparency falls on the sitting government rather than individual legislators. Local independent news outlet Starnieuws has confirmed it has cross-referenced partial records matching the core details of Jogi’s allegations, prompting growing public calls for a formal independent audit of TAS’s fiscal records dating back to 2021.