Dutch tampers with Bonaire’s Press
Bonaire, March 15, 2019
To: Mr Edison Rijna, governor of Bonaire
Plaza Wilhelmina 1
Bonaire
Subject: Dutch State and Dutch media gestapo tactics – violation of human rights freedom of free press
Honorable governor Rijna,
With this letter we denounce conspiracy and extortion by the Dutch State interference to undermine the Bonerian press and media fundamental right to freedom of free press. Recently on March 6th the mayor leading daily newspaper of Bonaire, the Extra, on page 31, through an editorial article denounced that they were approached by the Dutch media, based on a “general media pact and agreement”, to conspire to boycott and silence Mr. James Finies, president of the civil society organization: foundation Nos Ke Boneiru Bek (We Want Bonaire Back).
Governor Rijna, a non-democratic appointed governor-institution, representing the King and Kingdom, maintaining powers above/and to over-rule the elected government, main duty is the legal protection of the rule of international law and as such to respect, to protect and to comply with our people’s rights.
Above described gestapo tactics by the Dutch State and Dutch media conspiracy and intimidation of the local media could lead to a totalitarian or dictatorship rule if the people are not informed by free press. Mr Rijna should take note of the fact that, if people are not informed freely, they cannot make up their minds and cannot have opinions. They will be deprived not only from its capacity to act, but also of their capacity to think and to judge. With such a people you can then do what you please.
As Mr Rijna is aware that our foundation NKBB has position itself towards the upcoming elections advising the people of Bonaire to protest and boycott this election to vote blank or no vote. Contrary to Mr Rijna press-conference urging the people to use their sacred rights to go vote in an illegal system, rejected by the people and where the power is held by the Dutch parliament in The Hague.
A blank vote or no vote is internationally recognized as same, exercise of this sacred right. This “protest-vote” is to demonstrate the people’s dissatisfaction of political alienation by the imposed current political system of public entity and as rejection of the Dutch democratic trap to legitimize the 1st chamber, the Dutch senate, with the ultimate aim to legalize the current illegal status and all imposed laws against the Bonerian peoples.
Our “protest-vote” is also in solidarity with the people of our sister island Sint Eustatius. Statians cannot vote and are deprived from their “sacred-democratic-rights” because the Dutch government deposed the legitimate elected government in February 2018 through undemocratic abusive legislative, military and police actions and stopped the scheduled free election.
Our main request to Mr Rijna as governor is to condemn the above revelation of the Dutch state and media conspiracy and blackmail against the Bonaire’s free press as a serious threat, and commence an investigation. Secondly please rectify your last public statement of misinformation and to tell the people of Bonaire the truth that a blank vote or no vote is also a legal exercise of their sacred democratic right as a “protest vote”. And finally as Mr Rijna inspiring initiative of promoting, voting, by writing 685 personal letters towards the first-time-youth-voters on Bonaire to go vote. It would be morally correct, an heroic act of compassion and brotherhood towards our alienated brothers of Sint Eustatius who are deprived of democracy and cannot vote to do same and write 150 letters to all Dutch 2nd chamber parliament members and another 75 letters more to all members of the Dutch Senate requesting them to restore democracy back on Sint Eustatius, so the peoples of Sint Eustatius can also make use of their sacred democratic right as civilized peoples in the Kingdom.
Sincerely yours,
James Finies
Foundation: We Want Bonaire Back
