Speak the truth and shame the devil.

The principal and most important duty and responsibility of any politician "worth his salt or her salt " in colony St. Maarten (officially named Country St. Maarten) is to lead St.Martin's People to Independence. (Seek Ye first the Political Kingdom and All things will be added unto You......Kwame Nkrumah).
This undisputed truth of self determination and independence is recognized by the overwhelming majority of humankind (more than 95% of the more than 7 billion people on planet earth) who make up more than 180 independent nations ( countries) with seats in the United Nations .(Country St. Maarten has NO seat in the United Nations).
This right and desire for independence is also recognized by the Dutch colonial bosses in The Hague whose ancestors fought at least three independence wars against Spain, France and Germany and who advocated sending us( St.Martiners and other Dutch colonies in the Caribbean) our independence by registered mail or selling us on Ebay the way they sold us during the centuries of slavery.
To publicly write that Jose Lake Jr. and Theo Heyliger are "on the same page" is to disrespect and insult the intelligence of the People of St. Martin. Jose Lake Jr., for example , wrote a book "The Republic Of St. Martin" advocating and outlining his vision of an independent St. Martin. Theo Heyliger has never publicly verbalized his vision of an independent St. Martin. Jose Lake Jr. has publicly campaigned in two referenda for an independent St. Martin. Theo Heyliger has always publicly campaigned for a political party. Jose Lake Jr. is an advocate of a St. Martin People's Democratic Republic rooted in a united St. Martin(North and South) culture. Theo Heyliger has never publicly stated whether he believes an independent St. Martin should be a Kingdom or a Republic.
Jose Lake Jr. and Theo Heyliger , however, are by far not the only advocates of independence for St. Martin. Legendary St. Martin figures who supported independence for St. Martin who have passed on are such men as Felix Choisy, Deputy mayor of St. Martin, Jose Lake Sr. , Father of Journalism of St. Martin, and Claude Wathey and Clem Labega, Founders of the Democratic Party of St. Martin. Furthermore active and elected politicians who stated that they voted for independence during the last referendum can be found amongst all the political fractions in parliament from the United People's Party (UP), the National Alliance (NA), the Democratic Party (DP) and even the independent members of St.Martin's parliament. And above all the more than one thousand people who voted for independence during the last referendum and the thousands who now publicly support independence.
To champion St. Martin's independence and the creation of a People's Republic of St. Martin is not just the right thing to do, it is the ONLY thing to do politically. To try and link independence to one specific political party (UP) is a selfish political and malicious journalistic act carried out against the People of St. Martin . A demonic act rooted in racism (Sinterklaas and Zwarte Piet) and inhumanity (slavery . Independence is the birthright and God given right of all St. Martiners.The liberation of St. Martin People is directly and intricately linked to the very Soul of the St. Martin Nation.To reduce independence to party politics (UP, DP, NA) when none of these parties have made independence part of their political ideology and commitment, is to commit a mortal sin against the People of St. Martin.........St.Martin's independence cannot be bought or sold for 30 pieces of silver.

By Jose Lake Jr.
President of the Independence of St. Martin Foundation