First of all, we have to correct a longstanding misunderstanding. We all think that our 15 Members of Parliament (MPs) are members of one of the 4 parties represented in Parliament, namely NA, UD, SMCP and US Party. This is a wrong assumption! We have on St Maarten a one-party system: The “Me Only Foh Me“ party!
The so called parties are a subdivision of the “Me Foh Me“ party. The MPs are solely interested in their own financial gains and those of their cronies. St. Maarten is being plundered by these smooth talkers who are only interested in we the people on election day.
Also, we cannot speak of the often mentioned “ship jumping”. The MPs cannot jump ship since they are already all on the same ship. They move from port to starboard to find new “soulmates”. How else can you be one day party leader of a party and the other day the party leader of another party? You guessed right – Same ship, the S/S “Me Only Foh Me”. And so, the story goes on. More plundering by the same faces. Nothing really changes.
Therefore, it is time for a change and to vote out all the established so-called “parties.” It is time for 15 new faces in Parliament, of people who have St. Maarten at heart, a “We Foh St. Maarten People” party. Not solely on election day interested in we the people, but during their whole tenure in Parliament.
Name withheld at author's request.
