Leader of the PPA,
Re; Your Letter to the Editor ('We should avoid Dutch
intervention...') in the Daily Herald of Monday,November 10,
2008.
As far as the content of the above-mentioned letter is concerned,
please allow for me to respectfully respond as follows.
First of all, coming from one of the very few self-respecting
professional local St.
Maarten politicians, I certainly understand your
reactions to my call for Higher Supervision or the creation of a
'Business Executive-council' made up of professional, independent local
St. Maarten professionals.
Perhaps, were I to be in your position, I might have reacted in a
similar fashion.
However, as president of the SNBF/Association L' Esprit de Concordia,
I DO not, CAN not and WILL not assume
any partisan- or prejudicial posture, because such would be in
violation of our constitution.
This non party-political position is absolutely fundamental to the
very integrity and functioning of our movement and we will maintain
this principle 'by all means necessary'.
However, just before receiving your mail, we had already sent to the
media and others a new open letter entitled; 'Trading-off
'amnesty' for politicians versus
guarantees for St. Martiners - A way to prevent certain
imposition of Higher Supervision ?
We consider that article our a 'last-ditch' effort to prevent the
possible impending imposition of Higher Supervision by the Kingdom
Government on the
'Friendly island'.
Again for the record
Should Higher Supervision nevertheless be placed on the Government of
this island, it would be because our politicians continue to refuse to
allow for the native-indigenous St. Martiners and Antilleans to play a
key-role in the (constitutional) development of this, their own and
only land.
Consequently, the politicians will have only themselves to blame.
This particular article is also posted on our website,
www.stmartinnation.org
.With most regards,
Leopold James
President SNBF & L'Esprit de Concordia.
