Kugwiritsa Ntchito Zankhondo ku New Zealand: Ukhala Ndi Nkhondo?

kuchokera Peace Movement Aetearoa, May 14, 2020

Ndalama zankhondo mu Bajeti ya 'Kumanganso Pamodzi' ya 2020 ndi $4,621,354,000.¹ - ndiye pafupifupi $88.8 miliyoni sabata iliyonse.

Ngakhale uku ndikutsika pang'ono poyerekeza ndi kuchuluka kwa ndalama zomwe zagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo zomwe zaperekedwa mu Bajeti ya 2019.² , sichimafika patali. Zomwe zagawika chaka chino zikuwonetsa kuti ngakhale mliri wa COVID-19, boma likadali ndi malingaliro akale okhudza 'chitetezo' - kuyang'ana kwambiri malingaliro achikale achitetezo ankhondo m'malo mwa chitetezo chenicheni chomwe chimakwaniritsa zosowa za anthu onse aku New Zealand.

Dzulo dzulo, Prime Minister adati boma likhala likuyendetsa ndalama zonse "kuti zitsimikizire kuti ndalama zathu zikupereka phindu la ndalama", ndipo "tsopano kuposa kale lonse tikufunika masukulu athu ndi zipatala, nyumba zathu zaboma ndi misewu ndi njanji. Tikufuna apolisi athu ndi anamwino athu, ndipo tikufuna chitetezo chathu chaumoyo. ”³ N’zovuta kumvetsa mmene ndalama zowonongera zankhondo zimenezi zingavomerezedwe kukhala mtengo wandalama kapena monga kuthandiza kukwaniritsa kufunikira kothandiza anthu.

Chaka chino, mwina kuposa kale lonse, zikuwonekeratu kuti ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo sizingathetse mavuto aakulu omwe Aotearoa akukumana nawo - kaya thanzi labwino, kusowa kwa nyumba zotsika mtengo, umphawi ndi kusiyana pakati pa anthu, kusakwanira. kukonzekera kusintha kwa nyengo, ndi zina zotero - m'malo mwake, ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo zimasokoneza zinthu zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito bwino kwambiri.

Kwa zaka zambiri maboma otsatizana adanena kuti palibe chiwopsezo chankhondo kudziko lino, ndipo - kunena mosabisa - ngati kulipo, ndiye kuti gulu lankhondo la New Zealand silokwanira kuletsa nkhanza zilizonse.

M'malo mopitilizabe kuganizira za chitetezo chazankhondo zachikale, tikuyenera kusintha kuchokera pakumenya gulu lankhondo lomwe likonzeka kukhala lothandizira anthu wamba omwe akukwaniritsa zosowa zonse zotetezeka za New Zealanders ndi oyandikana nawo aku Pacific. Popeza ndalama zochepera ku New Zealand ndizofunikira, kufunikira kwakachulukidwe kopezera ndalama zapakhomo, komanso kufunikira kwachilungamo kwanyengo ku Pacific ndi padziko lonse lapansi, sizikupanga nzeru kupitiriza kuwonongera mabiliyoni pazida ndi zochitika zankhondo.

Usodzi ndi kuteteza zachilengedwe, kuwongolera malire, kusaka ndi kupulumutsa m'madzi zitha kuchitidwa bwino ndi anthu wamba oyang'anira gombe okhala ndi magombe ndi kunyanja, okhala ndi magalimoto, zombo ndi ndege zingapo zomwe zili zoyenera kugombe lathu, Antarctica ndi Pacific, zomwe - kuphatikiza zida zankhondo zantchito zofufuza ndi kupulumutsa, komanso kuthandiza anthu kuno ndi kutsidya lina - ingakhale njira yotsika mtengo kwambiri chifukwa palibe zomwe zingafune zida zankhondo zodula.⁴

Ngati pali phunziro lililonse loti tiphunzire kuchokera ku mliri wapano, ndiye kuti kuganiza kwatsopano za momwe tingakwaniritsire zofunikira zathu zenizeni zachitetezo ndikofunikira. M'malo modalira malingaliro omwe amayang'ana kwambiri zachitetezo chankhondo chachikale, New Zealand ikhoza - ndipo iyenera - kutsogolera njira. M'malo mopitilira njira yowonongera $ 20 biliyoni kuphatikiza (kuphatikiza bajeti yankhondo yapachaka) pazaka khumi zikubwerazi kuti muwonjezere mphamvu zankhondo, kuphatikiza ndege zatsopano zankhondo ndi zombo zankhondo, ino ndi nthawi yabwino yosankha njira yatsopano komanso yabwinoko.

Kusintha kuchokera ku gulu lankhondo lokonzekera nkhondo kupita ku mabungwe a anthu wamba, komanso kuwonjezereka kwa ndalama zothandizira zokambirana, kuwonetsetsa kuti New Zealand ingathandize kwambiri pakukhala bwino ndi chitetezo chenicheni kwa onse aku New Zealand, komanso m'madera ndi padziko lonse lapansi. akhoza mwa kupitiriza kusunga ndi kukonzanso asilikali ang'onoang'ono koma okwera mtengo.

Zothandizira

¹ Izi ndi ziwerengero pa Mavoti atatu a Bajeti pomwe ndalama zambiri zankhondo zalembedwa: Chitetezo cha Mavoti, $649,003,000; Vote Defense Force, $3,971,169,000; ndi Maphunziro a Vote, $1,182,000. Poyerekeza ndi Bajeti ya 2019, zomwe zagawika mu Vote Defense and Vote Defense Force zidatsika ndi $437,027,000, ndipo zomwe zagawika mu Vote Education zidakwera ndi $95,000.

² 'NZ Wellbeing Budget: Kukwera kodabwitsa kwa ndalama zankhondo', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 30 Meyi 2019 ndi 'kuwonjezeka kwa ndalama zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi, New Zealand ili mu lipoti', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 27 Epulo 2020, http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/gdams.htm

³ Zolankhula za Prime Minister Pre-Budget, 13 Meyi 2020, https://www.beehive.govt.nz

⁴ Kuti mumve zambiri za mtengo wosungira magulu ankhondo okonzeka kumenya nkhondo, ndi njira zabwino zotsogola, onani 'Submission: Budget Policy Statement 2020', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 23 January 2020, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/zolemba/2691336330913719