Minister of Justice St. Maarten.
RE; Your responsibility towards the Antillean people.
Yes your Excellency,
You would be legally in your rights-, if you would now deem it fit to deny any more responsibility towards the people of the (former) Netherlands-Antilles.
However, the spiritual universe has its own 'justice' and no-one ever can escape its ultimate 'sentence'.
Point in case here.
Judging from the media-, it is very clear that after all the 'hype' about '10-10-10'-, it is finally dawning on the ANTILLEAN people what really means-, or does not mean for them.
While this new constitutional 'concoction' might be regarded as a 'dream come through' for certain politicians-, and as a POLITICAL success-, on 'ground zero' for the ordinary ANTILLEAN people-, it is quite another story.
Just to give one little example.
The fact that there has not been any arrangement made for the free movement for the ANTILLEAN people as it was before your most coveted '10-10-10', is becoming a real 'nightmare' if not properly resolved.
While power-struck politicians did everything to point out differences between the islands-, the ANTILLEAN people are one in-divisible people by blood links-, and cultural ties as well.
You have now placed 'barriers' between members of the same ANTILLEAN family.
in the past-, we have repeatedly expressed our deep concern-, and distrust at the 'modus operandi' of the process to achieve status change.
Not so much against any necessary change in-, and of itself.
But-, because a critical-, objective observation revealed that the process was NOT transparent-, but based on deception, betrayal, manipulation, discrimination, intimidation etc by the politicians.
On many occasions-, we explained what we meant by this and many people did not (want to understand.)
Now-, it is becoming clear to many that the status change was NOT meant for the ANTILLEAN people, but for the POLITICIANS.
Therefore-, they did not first seek to guarantee the protection of the rights of ANTILLEANS to maintain their rights on ALL islands of the Antilles-, as has been for generations.
For instance, the rights to free movement-, free residence and work etc.
Now AFTER the politicians have secured THEIR political positions- and fat salaries-, they realize-, and admit that 'oops' we forgot all about the ANTILLEAN people.
In other words, we come in as an 'AFTER-THOUGHT".
This is pure BETRAYAL in our books.
Now the ANTILLEAN people realize that they have been deliberately 'trapped' on the individual islands, without any protection against others, whose trumped up International Human rights' are secured in our constitution.
Wattating..
It should be clear , Minister DUNCAN that as Minister of Constitutional Affairs-, you failed miserably in your task to protect the ANTILLEAN people.
To now, stay on the 'side-lines' because you are no more in that function-is a very 'lame' excuse.
The least you can-, and should do is to take the lead-role in finding a solution to this betrayal.
After all-, as Acting Governor, Mr. GROENEVELDT in a radio-program, with Fernando CLARK on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 pointed out reference the 'French St. Martin drivers-license issue'.
Any time rights of a people/individual are RETRO-ACTIVELY taken away, that can be taken to court...and won.
Back to our case in point.
Going to any (international-)court to fight the retro-actively removal of the 'rights of ANTILLEANS' can be a very strong case.
Hopefully-, the powers that be-, will not let it come to that point.
However-, it should not be taken for granted that we the ANTILLEAN people will simply 'role over' and become victims of the '10-10-10 genocide' of the ANTILLEAN people.
It will not happen!
To be sent to all relevant authorities.
Drs. Leopold JAMES
President SNBF/ Association L' Esprit de Concordia
