Dési Bouterse ’ s military dictatorship featured the presence of a restriction on the freedom of assembly .
The military dictatorship featured the presence of an evening curfew , the lack of freedom of press , a ban on political parties ( since 1985 ) , a restriction on the freedom of assembly , a high level of government corruption and the summary executions of political opponents.  From the beginning of the dictatorship until 1988 , the titular presidents were essentially army-installed by Bouterse , who ruled as a de facto leader of Suriname .