Dear editor there was on article posted 14 Feb 2011 in the today newspaper stating "specialist says adopt treaties as first step". It goes on to say" These three international agreements are seen as key to protecting the country's heritage and can serve as guiding principles for the initiative to create a national policy on archaeology and anthropology." They were talking about archaeological and anthropological infrastructure. It is nice to preserve these things. What I do not understand again is where is the specialist to preserve and enact laws and a national policy for the endangered species of the original StMaarten people? I come to realize that we as a people (legislators and ministers and the entire population of StMaarten including the original people of StMaarten) are fooling ourselves knowing that a country without a national identity can and will never work. As promise I will find solutions to help all people in StMaarten. But we must be realistic, without recognition of who was here first is a crime to the original StMaarten people. And that's why StMaarten will be difficult to unite. I am sure and have no doubt that if a national policy to enact the original StMaarten Culture and people is instituted, that we will have a coming together of all people and cultures. Please anyone out there if I am wrong correct me, the communist government in Russia had a strategy to create confusion among people and divide them so they can remain in control. Every day when I see events unfolding in StMaarten it feels like that is taking place here in our lovely StMaarten. I do not believe in words alone I believe in action. Let's take our Prime Minister Sarah Westcott and Leroy DeWeever, Patrick Illidge, Dr Lloyd Richardson, Louie Laveist are people born here and is from StMaarten origin. Which one of them has the courage to enact legislation to protect the StMaarten people? The answer is none. Love of people is love of country and if you cannot protect your own identity as a people then you have no love for the StMaarten people. How can you love someone else if you do not love yourself first and your original people of StMaarten? The people of StMaarten origin is not including in the development of StMaarten because no minister or legislator is interested in what we have to say. It is nice to protect Emilio Wilson park, it is nice to protect the great salt pond and the Simpson bay lagoon, but the most important and precious species of all is the original StMaarten people why not they? There are foundation and other institutions which are doing a wonderful job in fighting for what they believe in, how about taking pride and love for fighting for the original StMaarten people. Prove your love for StMaarten by accepting and giving love and recognition to the original StMaarten people. In return you will see the coming together of all people with one destiny. History continues to repeat itself when lesson from the past is not learned. I repeat again there is no love for the StMaarten people. Stay tune as I go in-depth and how to stimulate our economy back to prosperity.
