 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna December 1990 vose vari vaviri Bouterse naShankar vakanga vari parwendo rwenyika yose, uye vakamira paAmsterdam Airport Schiphol. Bouterse haana kubvumirwa kubva munharaunda yakachengetedzwa nemapurisa echiuto echiDutch apo Shankar aigona kupfuura, uye akagamuchira zvizere kupinda kune vezvenhau vakaungana. Musi wa 21 Zvita, Bouterse akarwisa Shankar paakadzokera kuSuriname nekutadza kuratidzira. Zuva rakatevera racho, Bouterse akasiya basa muuto. Musi waDecember 24, mauto akaita coup détatinozivikanwa sekuputsa kworunhare yakadzinga Mutungamiri Shankar, uye Ivan Graanoogst akagadzwa saMutungamiri Anoshanda. Musi wa 29 December, Johan Kraag akasarudzwa neNational Assembly kuti ave Mutungamiriri weSuriname. Musi wa 30 Zvita, Kraag akakumbira Bouterse kuti adzokere, uyo akazova Mutungamiriri wemauto musi wa 1 Ndira 1991. 