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Nangona kungekho mntu ubhalisiweyo phantse kwiminyaka engama-50, izigidi zamadoda ziphila phantsi komthwalo wobomi bonke, isohlwayo sokugweba ngenxa yokwala okanye ukusilela ukubhalisa.

Abasetyhini akufuneki babekwe kwisiphelo esifanayo.

Lixesha elidlulileyo lentando yesininzi nenkululeko, abathi bayayixabisa inkululeko yenkolo, balahle nayiphi na imbono yokuba nabani na anganyanzelwa ukuba alwe emfazweni ngokuchasene nentando yakhe.

 

Julayi 21, 2021

MaLungu aHloniphekileyo eKomiti yeeNkonzo zeSenate,

Njengemibutho kunye nabantu abazinikele kwinkululeko yenkolo kunye nenkolelo, amalungelo oluntu nawoluntu, umthetho nomthetho, kunye nokulingana kwabo bonke, siyakubongoza ukuba ususe inkqubo yeNkonzo yokuKhetha (SSS) kwaye uyala nayiphi na inzame yokongeza abantu basetyhini kwiqela uxanduva lobhaliso oluyidrafti. Inkonzo ekhethiweyo ibe yintsilelo, ichazwa njenge "ingaphantsi kokungasebenziyo" kwinjongo yayo echaziweyo ngumlawuli wayo wangaphambili, uGqirha Bernard Rostker, kunye nokwandiswa kobhaliso lweeNkonzo eziKhetheyo kwabasetyhini ayixhaswanga ngokubanzi.[1]

ISebe lezoBulungisa alikhange litshutshise nabani na ngesityholo sokungakwazi ukubhalisa ukusukela ngo-1986, ukanti iNkqubo yeeNkonzo eziKhethiweyo inike izizathu zokuzohlwaya - ngaphandle kwenkqubo efanelekileyo - izigidi zamadoda athe anqaba okanye asilela ukubhalisa ukusukela ngo-1980.

Isohlwayo esisemthethweni sokusilela ukubhalisa sinokubanzima kakhulu: ukuya kuthi ga kwiminyaka emihlanu entolongweni kunye nesohlwayo esifikelela kwi- $ 250,000. Kodwa endaweni yokunikezela abo baphula umthetho ilungelo labo kwinkqubo efanelekileyo, urhulumente wobumbano, ukuqala ngo-1982, wamisela umthetho owohlwayayo owenzelwe ukunyanzela amadoda ukuba abhalise. Le migaqo-nkqubo igunyazisa ukungabhalisi kunqatshelwe oku kulandelayo:

• Uncedo lwezeMali kuRhulumente wabafundi beekholeji[2];
• uqeqesho lomsebenzi wobumbano;
• Ukuqeshwa kweearhente zolawulo;
• ubumi kubantu abavela kwamanye amazwe.

Uninzi lwamazwe alandele ngemithetho efanayo eyala abo bangabhalisi ukufikelela kwingqesho karhulumente, amaziko karhulumente emfundo ephakamileyo kunye noncedo lwabafundi, kwaye urhulumente wakhupha iilayisensi zokuqhuba kunye nee-ID.

Isohlwayo esingaphaya kokugwetywa esibekwa kwabo bangabhalisi senza ubomi bube nzima ngakumbi kwabaninzi abasele behlelelekile. Ukuba iimfuno zobhaliso zinikezelwe kwabasetyhini, kuya kuba njalo nezohlwayo zokungathobeli. Ngokuqinisekileyo, abasetyhini abancinci baya kujoyina izigidi zamadoda kwilizwe liphela esele livaliwe ukufikelela kumathuba, ubumi, kunye neelayisensi zokuqhuba okanye amakhadi esazisi akhutshwe ngurhulumente. Kwiminyaka yokutshayelwa kweemfuno ze "ID yokuvota", le yokugqibela ingakhokelela ekubeni kuhluthwe abantu abaninzi abasele behlelelekile kwelona lungelo libalulekileyo lentetho yesininzi: ivoti.

Impikiswano yokwandisa iimfuno zobhaliso kwabafazi yindlela yokunceda ukunciphisa ucalucalulo olusekwe ngokwesini. Akumeli ukuya phambili kwabasetyhini; Imele ukubuyela umva, ibeka kumabhinqa aselula umthwalo ekuye kwanyanzeleka ukuba abafana bawuthwale ngokungekho sikweni kumashumi eminyaka-umthwalo ekungafuneki ukuba uthwaliswe ngumntu oselula kwaphela. Ukulingana kwabasetyhini akufuneki ukuba bafumane ngokusebenza kwezomkhosi. Eyona nto iphazamisayo nangakumbi, le mpikiswano iyasilela ukwamkela okanye ukujongana nemozulu egcweleyo yocalucalulo kunye nobundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo[3] leyo yinyani yobomi kubafazi abaninzi emkhosini.

Kuyo yonke into ethandabuzekayo yokukhusela "inkululeko yonqulo," i-United States inembali ende yocalucalulo kubantu bokholo kunye nesazela abangavumiyo ukusebenzisana nemfazwe kunye nokulungiselela imfazwe, kubandakanya ukubhaliswa kweNkonzo yokuKhetha. Kuqinisekisiwe ngawo onke amasebe kurhulumente wase-US-iNkundla ePhakamileyo, abaMongameli kunye neCongress- ukuba eyona njongo iphambili yobhaliso kwiNkonzo yoKhetho kukuthumela umyalezo kwihlabathi ukuba i-United States ilungele umlo omkhulu naliphi na ixesha. Kubungqina bakhe kwi-HASC ngoMeyi, u-Maj General Joe Heck, ongusihlalo weKhomishini yezoMkhosi, kaZwelonke, kunye neNkonzo kaRhulumente (i-NCMNPS), uvumile ukuba ngelixa i-SSS ingazifezekisi ngokufanelekileyo iinjongo zayo zokuqulunqa uluhlu lwedrafti efanelekileyo abantu, ukusetyenziswa kwayo ngokukuko "kukubonelela ngokugaya kukhokelela kwiinkonzo zomkhosi." Oku kuthetha ukuba nesenzo sobhaliso sisebenzisana nemfazwe kwaye kukwaphula isazela kubantu abaninzi beenkcubeko neenkolelo ezahlukeneyo. Akukho sibonelelo phantsi komthetho sokwamkela iinkolo ngokwenkqubo yobhaliso lwenkqubo yeNkonzo ekhethiweyo. Oku kufuneka kutshintshe, kwaye indlela elula yokufezekisa oku kukususa iimfuno zobhaliso zabo bonke.

Ngo-Epreli 15, 2021, uSenator Ron Wyden, kunye ne-Senator Rand Paul, bazise iS 1139[4]. Lo mthetho uyilwayo ungawurhoxisa uMthetho weNkonzo yokuKhetha uMkhosi, kwaye uphelise imfuneko yobhaliso kuye wonke umntu, ngelixa ubhukuqa zonke izohlwayo ezinyamezelwe ngabo bangavumiyo okanye abangaphumelelanga ukubhalisa ngaphambi kokurhoxiswa. Kufuneka yamkelwe ngokupheleleyo njengesilungiso kwi-NDAA. Naliphi na isibonelelo sokwandisa iNkonzo yokuKhetha kwabafazi kufuneka saliwe.

Njengokuba ilizwe lethu liqhubeka nokuchacha kubhubhane we-COVID-19, sakha ubudlelwane bethu kuluntu lwamanye amazwe, kwaye sisebenza kunye namahlakani ethu kwihlabathi liphela ukuze sijongane nengxaki yemozulu ekugqibeleni, sikwenza oko phantsi kolawulo olutsha, sikhokelela ekuqondeni okunzulu ukuba yintoni ukhuseleko lwesizwe lokwenyani. Naziphi na iinzame zokomeleza intsebenziswano kwilizwe liphela kunye nokomeleza ukusonjululwa koxolo kunye nozakuzo kufuneka zibandakanye ukupheliswa koyilo kunye nezixhobo zokuphumeza enye: Inkqubo yeNkonzo yokuKhetha.

Enkosi ngokuqwalaselwa kwezi zinto zixhalabisayo. Nceda uzive ukhululekile ukunxibelelana nemibuzo, iimpendulo, kunye nezicelo zencoko engakumbi ngalo mbandela.

Sayinwe,

IKomiti yeeNkonzo zaseMelika

Iziko leNembeza kunye neMfazwe

Icawa yaBazalwana, iOfisi yoKwakha uxolo kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo

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IKomiti yabahlobo kumthetho weSizwe

I-Campaign kaZwelonke yeNgxowa-mali yokuThumela uxolo

Iikati

Inyaniso ekuGayweni

Isenzo sabasetyhini kwiMikhombandlela emitsha (WAND)

World BEYOND War

 

[1] UMajor General Joe Heck wangqina kwi-HASC nge-19 kaMeyi, ngo-2021 ukuba ukwandisa ubhaliso kwaxhaswa kuphela "ngama-52 okanye ama-53%" amaMelika.

[2] Ulungelelwaniso loNcedo lwaBafundi bakaRhulumente luya kuthi ayisayi kuxhomekeka kubhaliso lwe-SSS, olusebenzayo Unyaka wezifundo ka-2021-2022.

[3] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/new-poll-us-troops-veterans-reveals-thoughts-current-military-policies-180971134/

[4] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/1139/text