Press release
Bonaire, June 5th, 2019
Foundation, Nos Ke Boneiru Bek (We Want Bonaire Back) recently went to
our sister islands, Aruba and Curacao, on a mission of information and raising
awareness and to solicit support and solidarity and also funding, to contribute
to the struggle and trajectory to re-enlist Bonaire back on the United Nations
list of Non-Self-Governing-Territories.
Both in Curacao and Aruba, fruitful meetings were held with various
influential leaders and political and civil society organizations, all of whom,
showed their concerns for the alarming situation of Bonaire after the
constitutional re-structure of 10-10-10. On both islands, what was very remarkable, was that, up to today,
the majority of the people of the 2 islands are under the impression that we,
ourselves , the Bonerian People have chosen and want what we are suffering and
going through now. However, brotherhood and compassion was shown and that they
are in solidarity with the Bonaire People and will monitor the developments
from close by and in the future, when needed, will reach out to our people.
On Curacao, Foundation NKBB together with the Movement Kousa Prome, led
by Mr. Rene Rosalia have realized an accord of cooperation that had been
initialized last December with the objective to unite forces and continue to
work together in the Caribbean Progressive Alliance(CPA). The CPA, alliance was
founded by Mr. James Finies, president of Foundation Nos Kier Boneiru Bek, in
Sint Maarten in March, 2017.
Simultaneously the organizations, Brighter Path Foundation and
Progressive Labour Party of Sint Eustatius and The Independence Sint Maarten
Foundation of Sint Maarten joined the Alliance.
Today, Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, Archipelago
San Andres, Providencia, Santa Catalina, U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and
Grenada are now members.
The ultimate objective of the CPA is to support and cooperate in the
struggle to self-determination of the islands. The similar objective that Kousa
Prome wants to realize for Curacao; to support and cooperate to end the five
(5) consensus laws, and to respect the vision and spirit of the U.N. Charter,
in the same way as it respects the treaty of Lisbon regarding the European
Union and to implement the U.N. Charter to self-determination of our peoples.
On Aruba, Foundation NKBB has achieved the same success to broaden the
front of the Antilles and Caribbean cooperation alliance with the
organizations; Group of 7, leaded by Mr. Rocky Kelly and with the Status
Territorium Platform, leaded by Mr. Orlando Croes. The objectives that these
organizations call for is for Aruba to realize, are: - to support and cooperate
to evaluate and if possible, offer a discussion about the possible change of
the Constitution of Aruba to enforce our Constitutional Laws in the Dutch
Kingdom; to support and cooperate, to demand equal treatment from Holland for
Aruba as equal partners in the Dutch Kingdom;
to support and cooperate with the Caribbean people in their struggle for
self-determination and to fight colonialism and all kinds of discrimination in
the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Foundation NKBB looks back
on the very successful mission to our sister islands, Aruba and Curacao, and is
very proud that the front of cooperation between the islands, the Caribbean.
