To: Permanent Commission of the Dutch Parliament and Senate, the
Government of Bonaire, Members of the Island Council of Bonaire,
Attn:
Jeroen Recourt
Ruard Ganzevoort
Mustafa Amhaouch
Andre Bosman
Sophie van Bijsterveld
Thom de Graaf
Peter Ester
Frank van Kappen
Roelof van Laar
Liesbeth van Tongeren
Tim de Lange, plv Griffier
Kralendijk,
January 9, 2017
Dear
Colleagues,
We are now
over six (6) years after the restructured constitutional relations within the
Kingdom, of which we resulted in the BES-islands public entity system, as a
temporary structure and where our islands Bonaire and Sint Eustatius has been
deceived.
Our people structurally over the years have complained,
protested and have held several referendums all resulting in democratic rejection
of this imposed modernized colonial structure on our people. Several scientific
and popular research from various independent institutions,scholars, etc within
and outside the Kingdom including your own appointed Commission Spies all came
to the same conclusion, that after 10-10-10 the people of Bonaire are unhappy,
build up an anti-Dutch sentiment because of the obvious invasion and takeover
by the European Dutch and consequently and hence democratically rejected this
status in the December 2015 referendum, with an indisputable 65% No- vote,
ratified by the elected island council as a legally binding democratic decision
of the Bonerian people.
As of today
your Dutch government has supported the current local government, which has
campaigned openly and publicly for the Yes-vote during the referendum and which
is in complete denial and disrespects the voice and decision of the Bonerian
people.
This implicates both the Dutch Government and the local government
to gross violation of the democratic principles of the rule of law, the
democratic, self-determination and human rights of the Bonerian people with
this power-based arrogant position and against the will and voice of the people.
It is
obvious that you have used your power to overrule local government decisions by
your Kingdom acts over the last years structurally within the Kingdom, but as
we have experienced and based on all facts here-above and more, you have shown
to be of double-morality when it comes to the defense of our people’s
democratic, self-determination and human rights, where you consequently is
taking a unilateral undemocratic approach and position and are on your way to
consolidate the annexation and embedding of us, without freedom and equality in
your Constitution.
Today, we
as the people, which these rights belong to and not to the government nor the
politicians, are experiencing a factual betrayal by both governments in power,
the Kingdom and local, who are elected and are supposed to respect and guide
the democratic rule of law.
As we all agree that the rule of law and law is based on mutual
respect from all of us, I myself and all others who are experiencing the same
betrayal are without defense of our governments regarding the respect to
democracy and laws, have no other option than to fall back on our universal and
inalienable natural rights, our law of nature, which is the base of our
existence and our human dignity.
We will
only promote passive non-violent resistance, and will follow our natural rights
our birth-right natural laws till you stop the embedding of our territory in
your constitution and the rule of law and democracy are respected and restored
in our territory.
It will be up to us, the people, to respect or not any unnatural
laws and protection imposed on our natural resources and habitat so we can
guarantee our existence and till we are guaranteed respect to our democratic,
self-determination and our human rights are re-established and protected.
Sincerely
yours,
James Finies, Nos Ke Boneiru Bek
