Dear Editor,
After working for 41 years as a police officer in the Dutch Kingdom/ Netherlands Antilles, I believe I can say one or two things about certain customs. I have worked directly with European Dutch colleagues and have had some observations about their behavior. And their answer was always “Dat is toch niet een probleem?” (Why is that a problem?) The other thing that we always got in the clinch about is when speaking to me they would use “Jullie” (You all) and I would always stop them and let them know I am an individual and am not responsible for what other people (beside my children) do.
There are laws, rules and regulations governing everybody’s behavior. My job is to serve and protect everyone and because I was brought up to respect everyone’s opinion, I give everyone equal opportunity to what is reasonable.
There is a letter from Geert Hatzmann circulating on social media in which he has written not-so-nice things about our Prime Minister. It is written in Dutch and I did not recognize any German words in it so I assume that Geert Hatzman is a Dutchman. There are some expressions of racial discrimination as well as opinions about the voting list of the National Alliance. Question: Who has the final say when it comes to the Justice and Finances in the Kingdom? Where is the pressure to accept same-sex marriage in the kingdom coming from?
Can any political party put a gun to anyone’s head and tell them that they have to become a member of that party and postulate themselves? It is also alleged that the National Alliance party discriminates against whites and that there are no whites on the party’s list. Is it not always about votes and who can guarantee the most votes? I can say that being clannish is not going to get any groups or race a lot of votes.
I know that, because I am the one who is always writing to you concerning the education level of the Members of Parliament. And if the Dutch continue to address individuals with “jullie” they are definitely not going to get any votes and consequently not on any list. Despite what Hatzmann claims, when I go down the names on the National Alliance list there is a lady with the name Molanus.
Because Geert Hatzmann (who I believe partner is not white) claims that there are no whites on the National Alliance list, that confirms exactly what I have always alluded to. Who decided that when a black person and a white person have a child together that child is automatically considered to be black? If I am not mistaken only two people can make a child (children). Three people cannot make the same child. That is why DNA is final.
What about this? Father, Johannes Zijlstra. is white, mother, Perly White, is black, son Jan Zijlstra, born in Holland is registered/considered as black.. Where is it determined what determines the race of a child? When is it the father and when is the mother, or DNA?
From when I was a child I learned that when the fox couldn’t reach the grapes, he said that they were sour anyway. I do not know what is Geert Hartmann’s beef with the National Alliance, but it sounds like “Ik zal je noch eens krijgen.”
Apart from that I realize that the language used during several political campaign meetings is of low caliber and we can read and see the results on social media. Where is the love for country to keep the name of St. Maarten on a certain level?
No, not I believe, I know that each and every one of those members of Parliament have a good rapport with each other, but it is time enough they grow politically and stop from openly pretending to insult and ridicule each other, because it is not doing any good for St. Maarten. When they feel that they are getting away with murder one place, they are going to try it somewhere else and the result is proven to be that several of them have been indicted, locked up and even sentenced.
But what is worse, violence and destruction is becoming the thing of the day on St. Maarten. Yes, our St. Maarten, where up to now everybody comes because of the tranquil nature of the country. May I plead to the politicians via your paper to show maturity, campaign with dignity and conserve our sweet St. Maarten land. You cannot hide, your posters are all over the country, so the burden is on you to be civil with your discourse. Demonstrate maturity. Winning at all cost is losing.
Russell A. Simmons
