on the landrights question. The same year, Jabini and the VSG facilitated the launch of a formal mapping of the bounds of Saamaka territory, which was to be performed in consultation with the other tribal peoples of Suriname. The process was nearly complete by February the following year. In early 2013, Fergus McKay, the VSG's American lawyer, accused the government of violating the Saamaka Verdict by granting a gold and waterworks concession to the Canadian mining company Iamgold. Jabini voted with the government, arguing that the agreement covered land outside of traditional Saamaka territory. Government advisor Eddy Josefzoon accused Jabini of playing both sides of the issue. When Josefzoon asserted a week later that the landrights work in Boven Suriname amounted to secessionism, Jabini denied the allegation. He counselled that the time was not right for confrontationalism with the government, counselling patience until the end of its term in 2015, and continued to express trust in the government implementation of the verdict. Also in 2013, Jabini voted with the government to secure World Bank and US State Department funding to participate in the REDD+ conservation program, with the close involvement of the VSG and Saamaka and other tribal peoples of Suriname. Later that year, after an advisory committee was named to oversee the implementation of the Saamaka Verdict, Jabini complained that the government would have a majority on the committee, and the VSG was not being consulted. Parliamentary educational program coordination in Boven Suriname In early 2012, Jabini supported the rollout of a new recreational activity program run in Sipaliwini District by the Ministry of Youth and Sport. The program was launched in his home village of Tutubuka. That same year, the ruling coalition named Jabini coordinator of a bundle of educational programs in Boven Suriname, including after-school activities. In February 2013, Jabini revealed on the floor of the Assembly that a boarding house being built for male and female students enrolled in the school VOJ Atjoni was still unfinished after more than a year of construction stoppage. As a result, the students were being lodged at a nearby tourist camp and parents were concerned about the risk of sexual harassment at the camp, which they had raised with the leadership council of Botopasi. Jabini reported that the Ministry of Education was unaware of the situation, and that he would work with the Ministry of Public Works to resolve it.