Dear Mr. Hyacinth RICHARDSON,
Commissioner of Culture, Labor & Health,
On behalf of our delegation, consisting our board-members, Larissa HODGE, Albert ADAMS as well as of independent observers Emilio MARTINA and Stuart JOHNSON, allow me to thank you for having given us the opportunity to share a number of our views pertaining to the building of the St. Martin nation with you yesterday, Friday, July 10, 2009.
We must also, express our sincere appreciation to you and the new Executive-council in general
and to Lt.-Governor Franklyn RICHARDS in particular, for the recognizing the importance of the work that our organization has been doing under very difficult circumstances over the years.
In this regards, we are very proud to have contributed towards a growing consciousness among all groups and stakeholders on the island, that acknowledging the rights and the input of the native-indigenous people is an absolute 'conditio sine qua non' for any sustainable development on the island, be it, socially, economically or constitutionally.
As promised, we are committed to take this momentum of the revival of the St. Martin People's sense of ancestral-pride and unity to the next level of partnership with the Island-government of St. Martin and the Collectivity Saint Martin.
This joint public-private partnership will heed the call of all St. Martin people, to recognize and mobilize them in a grass-roots movement thereby creating the strongest possible foundation for a stable, and harmonious society.
Needless to state the the population will be very grateful to the Island-government and the Collectivity for making this absolutely necessary partnership a reality; after all the native-indigenous St. Martin people are ONE people of ONE blood and such MUST be reflected on the 'ground' meaning in a 'grassroots-reality' or movement.
The time is now.
We look forward to your continued support and once more thank you and the Executive-council.
With respect,
Leopold James
President SNBF & L'Esprit de Concordia
