While making reference to our website www.stmartinnation.org for more information about our organization, we at this time suffice with the following.Our organization is the only body which has been established with one purpose in mind.
In short, it is to represents indigenous St. Martin people on grassroots level.
Reason for this is the fact that our indigenous St. Martin people, who are administered by two different (France and The Netherlands) colonial powers, are otherwise were never before represented, let alone protected as a distinct group.
In having decided to protect and preserve our indigenous St. Martin people, our objective is part of a 'bigger picture'.
That of the St. Martin nation building & unification process.
Also, integral part of that 'bigger picture' is the integration of other ethnic groups with an 'added value' to the St. Martin cultural-heritage and traditional way of life.
At present however, the native, indigenous St. Martin people are confronted with a large number of adversities, including 'external threats' to their very existence a a people in their own land of heritage - St. Martin.
Our own local author and historian, Daniella JEFFRY, in her latest book (SAINT-MARTIN Destabilization of the French Caribbean) has termed this existential threat as a 'silent genocide' (page 29)
Although both sides of the island have undergone constitutional reform, both governments have thus-far not yet manged to recognize the native, indigenous St. Martin People in their respective constitutions.
In order to prevent a total genocide by substitution of the St. Martin People, our grassroots St. Martin movement has embarked on an effort to promote amending the Constitution of Country St. Maarten to give it meaningful content for the indigenous St. Martin People.
As by 'Divine intervention', we have come across a document written around 1992, referred to by its authors as the 'Saint-Martin PACT', which we consider to be the precursor of the indigenous St. Martin People's constitution.
This document although formulated some 20 odd years ago, is consider by us to be extremely visionary in nature and the most fundamental 'founding document' for the indigenous St. Martin People.
It is therefore that we wish to inform you, that we hereby fully endorse this document as the precursor of the first Constitution of a sovereign, unified Saint Martin, with strong ties to Europe and the Caribbean.
In addition, after having amended its content, we will present it to the Governments of both sides of the island for ratification and for integration in all legal documents of the Governments of both sides of the island.
Drs. Leopold JAMES
President SNBF/ Association L' Esprit de Concordia
