NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Oktobha 11, 2019
Le komiti iwonge amabhaso eNobel Peace Prize yayilungile ukuba inganiki amabhaso eGreyta Thunberg, ofanele ukufumana awona amabhaso aphezulu afumanekayo, kodwa akukho namnye owenzelwe ukuxhasa umsebenzi wokuphelisa imfazwe kunye nemikhosi yezomkhosi. Eso sizathu simele ukuba siphambili kumsebenzi wokukhusela imeko yemozulu, kodwa akunjalo. Umbuzo wokuba kutheni kungekho mntu mncinci osebenzela ukuphelisa imfazwe enikwa ukufikelela kumanethiwekhi kamabonwakude kufuneka ephakanyisiwe.
Umbono uBertha von Suttner no-Alfred Nobel awanawo ngebhaso loxolo - ukuphuculwa kobudlelwane phakathi kwezizwe, ukuphuculwa kwezixhobo kunye nokulawulwa kwengalo kunye nokubanjwa kunye nokukhuthaza iingqungquthela zoxolo - ayikaqondwa ngokupheleleyo yikomiti, kodwa iyaqhuba.
U-Abiy Ahmed usebenze ukuba enze uxolo kwilizwe lakhe nakwilaselumelwaneni, uphelisa imfazwe kwaye useka izakhiwo ezijolise ekugcineni uxolo oluzinzileyo nolunzileyo. Iinzame zakhe zoxolo zibandakanya ukukhuselwa kwendalo.
Kodwa ngaba yintshatsheli esifuna inkxaso-mali? Okanye ngaba ikomiti izimisele ukuqhubeka nomsebenzi wayo wokuqonda abezopolitiko kunokuba baphembelele? Ngaba kusengqiqweni ukunikezela icala elinye kuphela lesivumelwano soxolo? Ikomiti iyavuma kulo mazwi la macala mabini abandakanyekayo. Ngaba kufanelekile ukuba ikomiti ichaze, njengoko isitsho, ukuba inqwenela umvuzo wokukhuthaza umsebenzi woxolo ngakumbi? Mhlawumbi kunjalo, nokuba kukhumbuza abantu ngamabhaso anje ngekaBarack Obama angazange afumane mbuyekezo kwakhona. Kukho amabhaso afana noGqr. Martin Luther King Jr's afunyenwe ngokwengeniso ephindwayo.
Ibhaso lonyaka ophelileyo liye kwi-activists elichasene nohlobo olunye lwenkohlakalo. Kunyaka ongaphambi kwalowo, ibhaso liye kumbutho elifuna ukuphelisa izixhobo zenyukliya (nomsebenzi wawo owawuchasene noorhulumente baseNtshona). Kodwa kwiminyaka emithathu eyadlulayo, le komiti yanikezela ngebhaso kumongameli wezomkhosi owayenze esinye isiqingatha soxolo eColombia olungasebenzi kakuhle.
Le komiti yayisebenzisa ukuqaphela ngaphezulu kwelinye icala lesivumelwano: 1996 East Timor, 1994 Middle East, 1993 South Africa. Ngasihlandlo sithile isigqibo esenziwe sokukhetha icala elinye kuphela. Kwimeko yalo nyaka mhlawumbi kulunge ngakumbi kune-2016.
Ibhaso le-2015 kumaTunisia lalincinci ngesihloko. Ibhaso le-2014 lemfundo lalisisihloko esibi. Ibhaso le-2013 lelinye iqela elivela kwimipu liye lavakala. Kodwa ibhaso le-2012 kwi-European Union lanika imali yokukhupha izixhobo ezinokuthi ziphakamise ngakumbi ngokuthenga izixhobo ezimbalwa- iziko eli ngoku liphuhlisa izicwangciso zomkhosi omtsha. Ukusuka apho ukubuyela emuva ukutyhubela iminyaka, iya iba mandundu.
Iminyaka yakutshanje ibone ukuphucuka okumodareyithayo, ngokubambelela kwiimfuno zomthetho ze Intando kaNobel. I-Nobel Peace Prize Watch iphakamise ukuba ibhaso liye nakuliphi na ixesha elide uluhlu Abamkeli abafanelekileyo, kubandakanya iintshukumo ezisebenzela ukuxhasa iNqaku 9 loMgaqo-siseko waseJapan, umtshutshisi woxolo uBruce Kent, umshicileli uJulian Assange, kunye nomlobi wempempe oguqukele ekuguqukeni kunye nombhali uDaniel Ellsberg.
