These are the words from some-one, who knows everything about funerals.
They come from a well-known, local, native, indigenous St. Martin undertaker/Minister of the Country St. Maarten.
We ourselves, do not have much to add to that observation.
Leading up to this 'joke' called 'Country St. Maarten', we have said repeatedly, that this status was never about people, and most definitely not about St. Martin People, other than, in fact it would be the final declaration of genocide against the St. Martin People.
So, nothing can surprise us anymore from these policians.
Perhaps the people, who were fooled and who were denied the opportunity to listen to people like Eldrige vand Putten and Leopold JAMES.
One of the greatest proponent of this 'Brave New World', as he called it, was the 'award-winning' talk-show host, Lloyd RICHARDSON.
This man did everything within his power to ridicule and to deny Eldrige van Putten the opportunity to warn the people, that they were not ready for this status change and that it would cots the tax-payers lots of money.
Now, this great proponent, on the first anniversary of his own 'Brave New World', did not dedicate ONE single word to this event; rather he had two guests on.
Guess from where ? - from Curacao !
So, what does this mean ?
Then last night, Mr. Oral GIBBS, 'begged' for at least ONE person to call in to say something- anything, if possible good about the new status.
Guess he is still waiting, because, indeed, not ONE person called in to say ANYTHING good about this 'Brave New World'.
And Oral himself closed off the program, somber - full well realizing now, that there is absolutely no confidence in this 'joke' called 'Country St. Maarten', whose Government had completely betrayed the native people of this land.
In keeping with the 'Undertaker' in Government, I say.
Get used to it.
Every year again, when '10-10-whatever' comes around - it will be like a funeral all over again - unless, the native, indigenous People are finally recognized, preserved and protected in the Constitution.
Drs. Leopold JAMES
President SNBF/ Association L' Esprit de Concordia
