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{{short description|Political party in Suriname}}

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{{Infobox political party

| country = Suriname

| colorcode = {{party color|Democracy and Development through Unity}}

| colorcode = #C8ED69

| name = Democracy and Development in Unity

| native_name = Democratie en Ontwikkeling in Eenheid

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| leader = CarlSteven BreeveldAlfaisi

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| foundation = 2 December 1999

| ideology = [[Reformism]]<br/>[[Populism]]

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| website = https://doesuriname.com/

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| seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Suriname)|National Assembly]]

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'''Democracy and Development in Unity''' ({{lang-langx|nl|Democratie en Ontwikkeling in Eenheid}}) is a [[political party]] in [[Suriname]]. The party identifies as reformist, and was founded on 2 December 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gfcnieuws.com/doe-partij-voor-democratie-en-ontwikkeling-in-eenheid/|title=DOE: Partij voor Democratie en Ontwikkeling in Eenheid|website=GFC Nieuws|access-date=29 June 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

At the last [[2010 Surinamese legislative election|legislative elections]] (25 May 2010) the party received 12,095 votes (5.1% of the vote) and one seat in The [[National Assembly of Suriname|National Assembly]].{{update-inline|date=April 2020}} Their leader [[Carl Breeveld]], has been a member since 2010. The party is a reformist party, and was founded on 2 December 1999.

The party's by-laws state that its board will be composed of 50% women and it will strive for equal numbers of men and women in all positions, the only party in the country to do so.<ref>{{cite web |title=Where Are The Women? A Study of Women, Politics, Parliaments and Equality in the CARICOM |url=https://www.undp.org/content/dam/suriname/docs/Governance/Documents/Where%20Are%20The%20Women%20Suriname.pdf |publisher=United Nations Development Programme |accessdate=28 May 2020 |page=15 |date=2015|isbn=978-9962-688-32-7}}</ref>

The party had one seat in the [[National Assembly (Suriname)|National Assembly]] from 2010 to 2020, held by its then-leader [[:nl:Carl Breeveld|Carl Breeveld]]. In the [[2020 Surinamese general election]], the party did not get any seats.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=16 June 2020|title=Openbare zitting CHS: Geen verandering DNA-zetels|url=https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/59172|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617135222/https://www.starnieuws.com/index.php/welcome/index/nieuwsitem/59172 |archive-date=2020-06-17 |access-date=29 June 2020|website=StarNieuws|language=nl}}</ref>

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