ASAHI SHIMBUN, Agasti 18, 2018.
Abaqhubi bee-Protesters malunga nomsebenzi wokuhlambalaza u-Agasti 17 emanzini kwisithili sase-Henoko saseNago, e-Okinawa Prefecture. (Ividiyo ngeJun Kaneko noKengo Hiyoshi)
I-NAGO, i-Okinawa Prefecture-i-Okinawans yahlangana kumakhulu abo nge-17 ka-Agasti ukukhankanya umsebenzi wokuphinda ubuye kwakhona kwiziko lomkhosi wase-US apha. Amanqaku aqhubela ekhaya amanqaku abo ngokuhamba ngesikhephe emanzini akufutshane nendawo yeprojekthi.
Ukubhikisha kubanjwe ukuphawula umhla owenziwa nguRhulumente oyintloko ekuqalekeni kwisigaba esilandelayo sokwakha kwisithili saseHenoko. Isiza esitsha esinezinye iinqwelo ezihamba ngeenxweme ziya kuthatha imisebenzi ye-US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma eGinowan, nakwi-prefecture.
Ukufa kwangaphambili kule nyanga yeRhuluneli uTakeshi Onaga, isimboli sentshukumo yokubhikisha e-Okinawa, sabangela ukuba urhulumente ophakathi ukuba ahlehlise inkqubo. Unyulo luya kubanjwa ngo-Sept. 30 ukuzalisa isithuba.
I-Onaga yayimelene ngokukhawuleza nokufudukela kwe-Futenma ngaphakathi kwiphondo. Wafa ngo-Agasti 8 wesifo somhlaza.
Abononisi beza kwi-48 imveliso yamanzi encinci ehlangene kunye ne-embankment eyakhelwe ukukhusela indawo ecetywayo yokumemeza.
Emva kokunikela umthandazo ongasetyenziselwa u-Onaga, baqala ukucula "Asiyi kuvumela ukuba le ndawo yasemanzini izaliswe" kwaye "Musa ukubulala izixhobo zamakhorali."
Baye bahlanganiswa ngemini ngamanye ama-activist abakhokisayo phambi kweCamp Schwab, indawo yase-US Marine Corps, eHenoko.
Ngokomququzeleli, abanye abantu be-450 bathatha inxaxheba kwi-rally.
"Ndandithukuthele ukubona amanzi aphuma eHenoko ejikelezwe ngumbutho," watsho uKenichi Susuda, i-70. Wathuthela e-Okinawa Prefecture malunga ne-10 kwiminyaka edlulileyo esuka e-Yokohama.
"Sizimisele ukuphazamisa umsebenzi wokuhlambalaza kwaye kwaye amagunya aphulaphule i-embankment ngenxa yezidalwa eziphihliweyo apho," esho.
Urhulumente ophakathi uthathe isigqibo sokulinganisa umdyarho werhuluneli ngaphambi kokubhengeza ukuba umsebenzi wokuphinda usebenze uza kuqala nini.
