Dear Editor,
Could the real Silveria Jacobs please stand up? Seriously. We have watched in amazement sometimes how the Prime Minister has regressed from a likable, down-to-earth, principled soul, to someone who has turned into the worst versions of William Marlin who listens to the absolute deceitful con man that is MP Rolando Brison.
This is not a letter to go into any of the misdeeds of those two men, those speak for themselves. This is a plea to the aliens that abducted the real Silveria Jacobs to please return her to Earth. Like many others, I do not recognize this Prime Minister anymore. If this is who Silveria Jacobs was all along, then, yes, I can understand her affinity to Brison because it would be a hell of a con she has pulled on the people of St. Maarten over the years.
We had a once proud educator who was known for her determination to lead by example for young people. We once had someone who preached family values and stood up for people. We once had a politician who swore she would never be that kind of politician to serve self-interest and power plays. Today, what we thought we once had, seems to have been a farce. What we do have is the kind of politician we all dread.
Maybe that is why they say be careful in getting to know people you admire, they might disappoint you.
Impossible that the Prime Minister is willing to attach her name to serving the wants and desires of someone like Brison and two other MPs, both of whom are convicts! And for what? To save a minister that has no respect for women and uses his ministry to “hook up” family and friends? To save a minister who would quicker bury you politically than support you? And for Brison, who only seeks power and power alone? This is the legacy the Prime Minister honestly wants to leave behind?
How disappointing that the National Alliance has basically turned into everything they once despised. There used to be a clear difference in parties when elections came around, but Silveria Jacobs has let a bunch of pissy-tail little boys guide her straight down a slippery slope of no return. And St. Maarten will once again suffer another disappointing leader who once had the potential to be great.
But, hey, maybe this isn’t our Silveria. Maybe, the aliens will return the real Silveria. We can only hope.
Name withheld at author’s request.
