evidence: This development is being widely covered by the media in Suriname and Guyana and nationalistic sentiment is running high in both countries over the disputed land, which in Suriname is known as Tigri and in Guyana as the New River Triangle. In 2011, President Desi Bouterse of Suriname said, "Let’s be clear on this; the Tigri area is our land." [...] The Suriname opposition has sent parliament speaker Jenny Gerlings-Simons a letter calling for Bouterse to come to parliament immediately to explain what is happening in Tigri.