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the Lumi is a currency that was enacted by the Government of Accompong in 2014 and was officially
issued for release at the beginning of 2018.

“The currency is going to be entered into the international market this year. The way it is structured is,
it is similar to the gold structure, but rather than using gold as its value it uses solar energy as its
underlying value. So its structure is designed to help engage in the battle against carbon emissions
and facilitate climate action activity,” Semako I said.

“It is also being established as the official currency for the six regions of the African diaspora,” he
added.

Asked how the currency is valued, Semako I said each Lumi is valued at 100 kilowatt hours (kWh).

“We nominalise the kilowatt hour currently at 10 cents per kilowatt hour so one Lumi is approximately
US$10,” he explained.

He also said that the Central Solar Reserve Bank of Accompong exists in that Maroon community in
St Elizabeth.

The two-page document, a copy of which was shared with the Observer, is addressed to Her Majesty
Queen of Jamaica claiming a 'Violation of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship'.

Chief Semako I told the Observer that the document was sent via e-mail to the governor general's
office on Monday, and was physically delivered yesterday, with the expectation that the
correspondence will be sent to The Queen.

“We have sent our documentation directly to the governor general who is Her Majesty's designated
representative on this island Xaymaca. We sent the message to Sir Patrick Allen yesterday so if The
Queen is not in receipt of that communication, it is simply as a consequence of his inability to deliver
that correspondence that was addressed to Her Majesty The Queen of England and Jamaica,”
Semako I said as a crowd gathered at National Heroes' Circle to march to Parliament in protest
against the prospect of mining in the Cockpit Country.

When the Observer contacted the governor general's office, a member of the secretariat confirmed
that the document had been received and that it will be processed and brought to Sir Patrick's
attention today.

“What we have come to reaffirm is the fact that the Maroons have put forth a non-negotiable veto
against any mining within the Cockpit region,” Semako I said. “There are many sovereigns on this
island of which The Queen of England is simply one. This is the island of Xaymaca. She has her
territories and plantations and estates which are called Jamaica, on the island of Xaymaca, and what
she does in her territories cannot infringe upon what we do in our sovereign space.