inform you, perhaps superfluously, that we as representatives of the
native-indigenous St. Martiners will not idly sit back, and allow for
our ancestral rights of self-determination, which have been hijacked
due to the questionable naturalization of masses of immigrants in the
past, with the deliberate cooperation of past local St. Maarten
Governments for political expediency.
We therefore hereby express very strong support for your right as Dutch
Parliament in the best interest of the People of St. Maarten, to
reserve the right to amend if possible all agreements with St. Maarten
that do not provide built-in guarantees for the rights of the
native-indigenous St. Maarten People.
We can not emphasize enough, that the politicians of this island have
lost all our trust and certainly the basic trust necessary to provide
them with more autonomy and power without checks-and-balances as
condition.
And for the record, while many of our leaders are accusing you of
dis-respecting the so-called rights of self-determination of 'St.
Maarten', most of these very same politicians have compromised and
betrayed the same rights of we the native-indigenous St. Martin People.
Also, we demand that under absolutely no circumstances, these
politicians have a mandate to take any final decisions relating to any
new status for St. Maarten, BEFORE allowing for a RATIFICATION
of all relevant documents.
In ending, caving in to these politicians, who themselves are masters
in bad governance and exploiters of the native-indigenous St. Martin
People, can result in a very regrettable situation within the Kingdom.
Copies
Parliament N.A.
St. Maarten Island-council
UN
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Leopold James
President SNBF & L'Esprit de Concordia
