In July, Jabini advocated that a weekslong electrical outage affecting Atjoni and nearby Pokigron be resolved as it had caused teachers to advocate the closing of the school. In October he announced, in his capacity as spokesman for VSG, that the association was donating 24,000SRD for the completion of the boarding house. Continued political engagement After the death of Saamaka Granman Belfon Aboikoni in 2014, his younger brother Albert was nominated to succeed him, and Jabini explained the concerns of certain sectors of Saamaka leadership that the nomination had not followed appropriate consultative processes. Later that year, he was one of three governing coalition representatives who attended the opening of the Ministry of Trade and Industry's first office in Sipaliwini, located in Atjoni. Post-political career In 2015 Jabini was not included on the NDP's candidate list for the general election. He was not given a reason for this change but said that he believed it might have to do with critiques he offered of the government landrights policy during a budget development process. He remained dissatisfied that the government was still giving out natural resource extraction concessions in Saamaka territory. In 2016 Jabini attended the Paramaribo launch of Suriname's participation in the REDD+ conservation program, for which he'd voted as an assemblyman. Speaking on behalf of tribal communities, he underlined the importance that they be involved in any government action relating to their territories as a memorandum of understanding was signed to that purpose. References Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Saramaka Surinamese environmentalists Surinamese Maroons Goldman Environmental Prize awardees