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'''Seeka''' ([[Ndyuka language|Ndyuka]] for 'renewal'<ref>{{Cite web|title=Aukaans - Nederlands Woordenboek|url=http://www.suriname-languages.sil.org/Aukan/National/AukanNLDictIndex.html|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.suriname-languages.sil.org}}</ref>) is a [[Politics of Suriname|Surinamese]] political party led by [[:nl:Paul Abena|Paul Abena]] representing the interests of rural inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Starnieuws - Seeka (ordening)|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/86|access-date=2020-07-13|website=www.starnieuws.com}}</ref>  Starting in 2005, it ran as part of the "[[A-Combination]]" together with the [[General Liberation and Development Party]] and the [[Brotherhood and Unity in Politics]], which received 7.3% of the popular votes and five out of 51 seats in [[National Assembly (Suriname)|The National Assembly]]. It left the A-Combination in 2015 to form the A Nyun Combination together with the BP-2011 and the Rural Inhabitants' Party, which did not receive a seat in the [[2015 Surinamese general election|2015 general election]]. Since 2018, the party co-operates with the [[General Liberation and Development Party]], although an attempt to form a joint list was hindered by an anti-list combination law passed by [[Dési Bouterse]].
== History and Political Alliances ==
[https://www.seeka.co.nz/ Seeka] became part of the "[[A-Combination]]" alliance in 2005, along with the General Liberation and Development Party (ABOP) and the Brotherhood and Unity in Politics (BEP). In the 2005 general election, the A-Combination secured 7.3% of the popular vote, earning five out of 51 seats in the National Assembly.
In 2015, Seeka left the A-Combination to form a new alliance called "A Nyun Combination" with BP-2011 and the Rural Inhabitants' Party. However, this new coalition failed to win any seats in the 2015 general election.
Since 2018, Seeka has been cooperating with the [[General Liberation and Development Party]] (ABOP). However, efforts to form a joint electoral list were complicated by the passage of an anti-list combination law by then-President Dési Bouterse.
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