To the Honorable Chairman of the House of Parliament
Dr. MD LLOYD RICHARDSON
And to the honorable members of parliament of country Sint Maarten
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Please permit me to draw your kind attention to the following problem taking place here on this lovely twin island of st martin we all love to call home home to the Dutch national as well as home to the French national
going back to the Concordia treaty when emancipation came to the north those slaves from the south shed their chains and ram across the border to the French side where they embraces freedom
some years later the movement reverse abandon by the French colonial powers of the day and left to fend for our self the French subjects ram back to the Dutch side to survive at the cause of sometimes given up their French nationality and the name given to them by their French slave masters in order to go to curacao to work with SHELL, or to Aruba to work with LAGO WE SAY THANK GOD FOR THOSE DAYS so you see st martiners has always been true to SAINT MARTIN DUTCH OR FRENCH TO US was secondary YOUR ARE A ST MARTINER FIRST WHEN TOURISM SMILE ON ST MARTIN IN THE EARLY SIXTIES it was great bay that lead the way and people came from French quarter , from st James from Ram beau Saint Louis , Freetown Grand Case , French cul-de-sac (CULSAC LAVIER) COLOMBIER TO work in Great Bay , Little Bay, maho and Mullet Bay so from After working together for so many years we cannot benefit the same pension because of a law that was made up in Curacao MISTER CHAIR MAN AND YOU HONORABLE MPs TODAY THAT YOU HAVE TAKEN THE DESTINY OF YOUR COUNTRY IN HAND
IT IS TIME TO RIGHT THIS WRONG THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, TO YOUR BROTHERS AND YOUR SISTERS , YOUR AUNTS AND YOUR UNCLES . AND CORRECT THE INJUSTICE THAT WE HAVE SUFFERED please referred to my< OPEN LETTER TO THE HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER
FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE EXWORKERS NOW RETIREES
FROM THE NORTHEN SIDE
RESPECTFULLY YOURS
RAYMOND HELLIGAR
chevalier de l,ordre national du mérite
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RAYMOND HELLIGAR
chevalier de l'ordre national du merite
MEMBRE DU CESC DE ST MARTIN
president de la commission des affaires culturelles et cadre de vie
