Dear Editor,
Honourable EU Citizens of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao , Saba, Statia, St. Maarten/St. Martin, during the second day of the handling of the 2017 Kingdom Relations budget in the Second Chamber of the Dutch Parliament on Thursday, October 13, a joint motion was submitted by Members of Parliament (MP) Andre Bosman (VVD) and Ronald van Raak (SP) in which they requested the Dutch Government to consult the UN, together with Aruba Curaçao and St. Maarten, to arrive at a definite fulfilment of the right of self-determination of all countries in the Kingdom.
Reportedly, Bosman and Van Raak in the motion also made mention of the UN decolonisation process that started 1945 and the fact that the Kingdom Charter of 1954 was “the first step in the decolonisation process.”
According to the motion, the charter was never the end goal to do justice to the dull right of self-determination of all countries within the Kingdom. This motion which Bosman subsequently agreed to shelve in order to give the Dutch Minister of Home Affairs and Kingdom Relations Ronald Plasterk the chance to enter into discussions with the overseas countries up to December 31 this year should spark a debate on this issue among EU citizens of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Statia, St. Maarten/St. Martin.
We must begin right now to reclaim our essence as an Antillean people with a shared history, cultures and families. As an EU citizen I would like to make of this opportunity to humbly present to all EU citizens of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Statia, St. Maarten/St. Martin my proposal for the Commonwealth of the United Antilles (UA); An EU Ultra-Peripheral Confederate state to do justice to the full right of self-determination of all the islands mentioned, in keeping with Article 73 of the UN charter.
My vision/proposal, taking into serious account the policy of the present Obama administration to oppose the granting of independence by European colonial powers to any more territories in the Caribbean; to prevent them from falling under Mafia control is for the creation of the 28th member state (taking Brexit in consideration) of the European Union; the Commonwealth of the United Antilles (UA); an EU Ultra-Peripheral Confederate State with an exempt status by 2025, maintaining a Commonwealth relationship with the Netherlands, France and King Willem-Alexander, ceremonial head of State of this proposed Commonwealth of the United Antilles, which will occupy six seats in the Parliament of the EU representing six sovereign nations in the Caribbean region namel: Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, Saba, Statia and unified St. Martin (North and South) with the secretariat headquarters stationed in Brussels.
I am hereby appealing to all EU citizens of the abovementioned islands to give serious consideration to the proposal of the Commonwealth of the United Antilles (UA); An EU Ultra-Peripheral Confederate State.We are one family and God is Great.
Theophilus Priest
