Ndi David Swanson, World BEYOND War, October 11, 2019
Komiti yomwe ikupereka Mphotho ya Mtendere wa Nobel inali yolondola kuti isapereke mphotho kwa Greta Thunberg, yemwe amayenera kulandira mphoto zapamwamba kwambiri, koma palibe amene adapangidwa kuti azilipira ntchito yothetsa nkhondo ndi asilikali. Chifukwa chake chiyenera kukhala chofunikira kwambiri pantchito yoteteza nyengo, koma sichoncho. Funso loti chifukwa chiyani palibe wachinyamata yemwe akugwira ntchito yothetsa nkhondo yemwe amapatsidwa mwayi wowonera makanema apawayilesi liyenera kudzutsidwa.
Masomphenya omwe Bertha von Suttner ndi Alfred Nobel anali nawo pa mphotho yamtendere - kulimbikitsa ubale pakati pa mayiko, kupititsa patsogolo kulandidwa zida ndi kuwongolera zida ndi kukhazikitsa ndi kulimbikitsa misonkhano yamtendere - sichinamveke bwino ndi komitiyi, koma ikupita patsogolo.
Abiy Ahmed wagwirirapo ntchito mtendere m'mayiko ake ndi oyandikana nawo, kuthetsa nkhondo ndikukhazikitsa nyumba zomwe zikufuna kusunga mtendere wachilungamo komanso wokhazikika. Ntchito zake zamtendere zaphatikizanso kuteteza chilengedwe.
Koma kodi iye ndi wogwirizira amene akusowa ndalama? Kapena kodi komitiyi ikufuna kupitiriza mchitidwe wake wozindikira andale osati olimbikitsa? Kodi n'kwanzeru kupereka mbali imodzi yokha ya mgwirizano wamtendere? Komiti imavomereza mu zake mawu kuti mbali ziwiri zinkakhudzidwa. Kodi ndi koyenera kuti komitiyo inene, monga momwe imanenera, kuti ikufuna mphotho kulimbikitsa ntchito yowonjezereka yamtendere? Mwina zili choncho, ngakhale zitakumbutsa anthu za mphotho ngati za Barack Obama zomwe sizinapindulepo. Palinso mphotho monga Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's zomwe zidalandilidwa mobwerezabwereza.
Mphotho ya chaka chatha idapita kwa anthu otsutsa nkhanza zamtundu wina. Chaka chatha, mphothoyo idapita ku bungwe lomwe likufuna kuthetsa zida zanyukiliya (ndipo ntchito yake idatsutsidwa ndi maboma aku Western). Koma zaka zitatu zapitazo, komitiyi inapereka mphoto kwa pulezidenti wankhondo yemwe adapanga theka la mtendere ku Colombia zomwe sizinayende bwino.
Komitiyi idazindikira mbali zingapo za mgwirizano: 1996 East Timor, 1994 Middle East, 1993 South Africa. Panthawi ina mwina chigamulo chinapangidwa kusankha mbali imodzi yokha. Pankhani ya chaka chino mwina ndizoyenera kuposa mu 2016.
Mphotho ya 2015 kwa anthu aku Tunisia inali yopanda mutu. Mphotho ya 2014 yamaphunziro inali yopanda mutu. Mphotho ya 2013 ku gulu lina loponya zida inali yomveka. Koma mphoto ya 2012 ku European Union inapereka ndalama zochotsera zida ku bungwe lomwe likanatha kupeza zambiri pogula zida zochepa - bungwe lomwe tsopano likupanga mapulani a asilikali atsopano. Kuyambira pamenepo kupita mmbuyo kupyola zaka, izo zikuipiraipira.
Zaka zaposachedwa zawona kusintha pang'ono, pakutsata zofunikira zamalamulo za Chifuniro cha Nobel. Nobel Peace Prize Watch idalimbikitsa kuti mphothoyo ipite kwa nthawi yayitali mndandanda a olandila oyenerera, kuphatikiza omenyera ufulu omwe akugwira ntchito yosunga Gawo 9 la Constitution ya Japan, wolimbikitsa mtendere Bruce Kent, wofalitsa Julian Assange, ndi whistleblower adatembenuza wotsutsa komanso wolemba Daniel Ellsberg.
