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Issued by the Maroon Office of the Secret Service Under seal of the Sovereign State of Accompong Date of issue: June 3, 2026 Reference: MOSS-2026-004 Category: Treaty Misrepresentation; External and Cyber Threats Related: MOSS-2026-001 (Elderberg Foundation); MOSS-2026-002 (Accompong Development Foundation 2005 Ltd); MOSS-2026-003 (The March 2022 “Constitution” and ID Products)

Summary

The Maroon Office of the Secret Service has examined the present standing of the office of Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroons.

After review, the Office finds that the office of Colonel carries no lawful electoral mandate at this time. The five-year term last conferred by election expired on February 18, 2026. No enumeration has been completed and no election has been held to confer a new mandate. Further, by sealed order made May 13, 2026, the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica has prohibited the incumbent from acting as Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroon Community. The Office accordingly advises the public that any person presently purporting to hold, exercise, or bind the community in the office of Colonel does so without a lawful electoral mandate.

This Office takes no part in the contest for the leadership itself. The choice of who shall hold the office, and the manner in which the community is stewarded in the interim, are matters for the Accompong Town Maroon community and its traditional bodies. The Office records facts within its mandate; it does not select a claimant.

Findings of the Office

1. The last lawful electoral mandate expired on February 18, 2026.

The office of Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroons is conferred by election for a fixed term of five years. The most recent term, conferred at the election of February 2021, expired on February 18, 2026. This date is a matter of public record and is not in dispute among the parties.

2. No enumeration has been completed and no election has been held to confer a new mandate.

Since February 18, 2026, no completed enumeration of eligible Maroons and no election have taken place. In the absence of a completed, lawful election, no new mandate has been conferred on any person. The office has therefore stood without a lawful electoral mandate from that date to the present, and remains so as of the date of this Notice.

This is not a momentary or procedural gap awaiting a single hearing. It is a standing condition that began when the term expired and continues until a lawful enumeration and election are completed. No interim ruling on the conduct of the parties cures it, because the absence of a conferred mandate is a question of fact, not of procedure.

3. The supreme governing body invoked to authorize the present process has not operated for years.

Under the traditional order of Accompong, the Full Maroon Council is the supreme governing authority, standing above the office of Colonel. The Office notes that no Full Maroon Council has operated since the second term of former Colonel Ferron Williams, and that no such Council has convened under the administration of Mr. Richard Currie.

Where bodies associated with the present electoral process invoke the authority of a “Full Maroon Council,” the Office observes that the body so named has not functioned for years. Authority cannot be drawn from an institution that does not sit. A name is not an institution.

4. The process now relied upon proceeds under an instrument this Office does not recognize.

The electoral process presently advanced — its committee, its eligibility rules, its enumeration method, and its voters’ roll — proceeds under the instrument ratified on March 21, 2022 and styled as the Constitution for the Sovereign State of Accompong. As set out in MOSS-2026-003, this Office does not recognize that instrument as a valid constitutional instrument of the State.

It follows that a process drawing its committee, rules, and roll from that instrument cannot, in the view of this Office, confer a clean mandate. The defect is at the root, not in the conduct of any single step.

5. The conduct of the attempted 2026 election is contested, and the Supreme Court has prohibited the incumbent from acting in the office.

The Office notes, as a matter of public record evidenced by a sealed order of the Court, that former Colonels and other prospective candidates raised objection to the timeline, the eligibility rules, and the voters’ roll associated with the attempted 2026 election, and sought interim relief from the Supreme Court of Judicature of Jamaica.

By Formal Order in Claim No. 2026 CV 01911 (Meridie Rowe v. Richard Currie), made on May 13, 2026 before Her Ladyship the Honourable Mrs. Justice N. Hart-Hines, the Court granted an interim injunction for twenty-eight days, to June 10, 2026, immediately prohibiting the Defendant — whether by himself, his servants, or his agents — from:

• acting as Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroon Community;
• selecting an Interim Council;
• creating an Election Council;
• creating a list of eligible voters; and
• calling an election.

The Order further stayed Nomination Day (May 15, 2026) and Election Day (May 22, 2026), and fixed the hearing of the amended application for June 10, 2026.

The Office records the fact of this Order and its terms. It does not, in this Notice, characterize the intent of any party, and it takes no position on matters reserved to the Court. The Office observes only that a court of competent jurisdiction has, on its own authority, prohibited the incumbent from acting as Colonel — and that the resolution of these proceedings, whatever it may be, does not by itself confer the lawful electoral mandate whose absence is the subject of this Notice.

Position of the Office

The Maroon Office of the Secret Service:

1. Finds that the office of Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroons carries no lawful electoral mandate as of the date of this Notice, the last such mandate having expired on February 18, 2026, with no completed enumeration or election since.
2. Does not recognize any claim by any person to hold, exercise, or bind the Sovereign State of Accompong or the Accompong Town Maroons in the office of Colonel on the basis of a mandate that has expired and has not been lawfully renewed.
3. Holds to be of no force and accords no recognition to any act, decision, appointment, instruction, contract, agreement, proclamation, expenditure, or other exercise of authority done by, or in the name of, the office of Chief or Colonel of Accompong from February 18, 2026 onward, no lawful electoral mandate supporting that office having existed since that date. Such acts are treated by this Office as carrying neither the authority of the office nor that of the Sovereign State of Accompong.
4. Does not acknowledge any authority drawn from a Full Maroon Council that has not operated since the second term of former Colonel Ferron Williams.
5. Does not certify that any election, enumeration, voters’ roll, or committee constituted under the instrument of March 21, 2022 is capable of conferring a lawful mandate, that instrument not being recognized by this Office.
6. Takes no position on who should hold the office, or on how the community should be stewarded in the interim. These are matters for the Accompong Town Maroon community and its traditional bodies to resolve.

Public Notice

The Office advises members of the public, including the global Maroon diaspora, government bodies, financial institutions, journalists, and any party contemplating dealings conducted under the authority of “the Chief” or “the Colonel” of Accompong:

No person presently holds a lawful electoral mandate to the office of Colonel of the Accompong Town Maroons. Any representation, instruction, contract, solicitation, or commitment made under claim of that office cannot be treated by this Office as carrying the lawful authority of the Sovereign State of Accompong or its people. Any act done by, or in the name of, “the Chief” or “the Colonel” of Accompong since February 18, 2026 is, in the view of this Office, of no force and is not recognized.

The term last conferred by election expired on February 18, 2026. No enumeration has been completed and no election held since. The instrument under which the present process proceeds is not recognized by this Office. The supreme Council whose authority that process invokes has not operated for years.

Parties contemplating any transaction, agreement, donation, or undertaking presented as authorized by the office of Colonel of Accompong may wish to:

• Withhold reliance on any such authority until a lawful enumeration and election have been completed and a mandate lawfully conferred
• Seek written confirmation of authority from the recognized traditional bodies of the Accompong Town Maroon community before proceeding
• Report concerns regarding solicitations or commitments made under colorable claim of Maroon authority to this Office through the channel listed under Contact

A Note on Scope

This Notice addresses one question only: whether the office of Colonel carries a lawful electoral mandate at this time. It finds that it does not.

This Notice does not adjudicate the contest for the leadership, does not name or endorse any interim authority, and does not characterize the intent of any party. The choice of who shall hold the office, and the stewardship of the community until a lawful election is completed, are reserved to the Accompong Town Maroon community and its traditional bodies. This Office stands as keeper of the record, not as a party to the succession.

The instrument styling itself the Constitution of the Sovereign State of Accompong, addressed in MOSS-2026-003, and the conduct of any future enumeration or election, remain within the scope of the Office’s continuing watch.

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Issued under the authority of the Maroon Office of the Secret Service, in keeping with the 1738 Treaty of Peace and Friendship and the continuing mandate of the Sovereign State of Accompong.

For the Born and the Unborn.