And while we have taken notice, that your prime priority will be to achieve 'Country status' for St. Maarten, we in return inform you that OUR absolute top-priority will be to have the native-indigenous St. Martiners and Antilleans living on the island, officially recognized a such, as well as their legitimate and certainly morally earned ancestral rights, which our ancestors have paid for in blood, sweat and tears.
Under no conceivable circumstance, can, nor will we cooperate with any effort to deny the aforementioned people their sacred rights in their own home-land.
In the event, what we have always advocated might sound strange to some, please allow me to recommend you to read the attached new constitution of the US Virgin Island.
In particular, we refer you to its PRE-AMBLE, where mention is made among others of CRITICAL preconditions,(as we too have also consistently promoted for St. Maarten ) such as the 'protection of their culture' / the identification and recognition of NATIVE Virgin Islanders.
As our so called constitution now stands, it complete ignores the history, emancipation, sacrifices and ancestral rights of native St. Martiners, who are not even mentioned as reference of any sort.
In fact, our constitution, therefore has all the hallmarks of a formal betrayal and genocide of we the natives of this island, which will not be tolerated.
On a positive note you are kindly informed that we are able, willing and ready to assist your new Government in the amending of the constitution in order at least, to guarantee the existence and the ancestral rights of the native St. Martiners, without denying others their basic human-rights as well.
Therefore, it is to a large extent up to your new Government, to either rise to the occasion and correct the many forms of injustices perpetrated against the natives of this country, or to be the one who 'inks' their betrayal and demise and who will have to bear the consequences thereof.
With respect,
Copies to all relevant authorities and public in general
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Leopold James
President SNBF & L'Esprit de Concordia