Ngu Erin Niemela
Unyulo jikelele luka-2014 lusemnyango kwaye abagqatswa bahamba ngeenyawo kwezopolitiko ngethemba lokufumana iivoti zethu. Kodwa, kuthekani ukuba abagqatswa kufuneka bafumane iivoti zabo bonke abantu ababomi babo buya kuchaphazeleka ngokuthe ngqo kukuqeshwa kwabo?
Yiba nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wentetho uSen. ukudluliselwa kweengalo. UGraham wayengomnye wezopolitiko zokuqala zase-US ukuxhasa ngokuphandle amaqela abavukeli baseSyria abaxhobileyo. Ngoku uxhasa ukuzibophelela kwaseMelika Iibhutsi ze-10,000-emhlabeni eSiriya nase-Iraq ukulwa ne-ISIL, kuba i-airstrikes eye yabulala abantu abangaphezu kweshumi elinesibini kwaye yathumela amakhulu amawaka eembacu eTurkey ayincedi ngokwaneleyo.
Lona wethu 13th unyaka wemfazwe e-Afghanistan. Kuthekani ukuba abemi base-Afghan bavunyelwe ukuba bavote? Ngaba abaviwa bangajongana neepesenti ezingama-77 zabantu base-Afghan abathi boyika ukudibana nemikhosi yamazwe ngamazwe, njengoko kubhaliwe kuvavanyo lukaDisemba ka-2013 lwe-Asia Foundation, "I-Afghanistan ngo-2013: Uvavanyo lwabantu base-Afghan.” Ngaba kuya kwanela kubantu base-Afghan ukuba abaviwa bajongane nenkxalabo yabo yesizwe neyendawo - ukungakhuseleki - ngelixa bengayihoyi inkxalabo yesibini neyesithathu - intswelangqesho kunye norhwaphilizo? Kunzima ukucinga ukuba abagqatswa bethu bangabhenela njani na kuma-68 epesenti yabaphenduli base-Afghan abanokoyika ukuthatha inxaxheba kuqhanqalazo olunoxolo – ngenxa yokoyika imikhosi yamazwe angaphandle.
“Kwenza wuphi umahluko kwabafi, iinkedama, nabangenamakhaya, enoba intshabalalo yempambano yenziwa phantsi kwegama lobuzwilakhe begama elingcwele lenkululeko yedemokhrasi?” UMahatma Gandhi wabuza lo mbuzo kwisicatshulwa sakhe sowe-1942 esithi “Ukungaxhatshazwa kuXolo neMfazwe.” Mhlawumbi lixesha lokubhekisa lo mbuzo koosopolitiki bethu abanyulwe ngokwentando yesininzi abenza imigaqo-nkqubo enobundlobongela yangaphandle ezisa ukubandezeleka kubomi babantu bemihla ngemihla baphesheya.
Ukuba urhulumente wethu uyaqhubeka nokugunyazisa kunye nokuphumeza ubundlobongela kubemi behlabathi egameni lethu, egameni lethu, ngamabango edemokhrasi, ngoko ke ngumsebenzi wethu ukuvota egameni labo.
Kodwa, masingazivaleli kulawulo lwentando yesininzi. Abameli bethu bafumana iigigi ngeevoti, kodwa kunye nezibophelelo ezinkulu, njengoko kuxelwe yiNew York Times ngo-Oct. 10, 2014, ku abanikeli abayimfihlo ukuhlawula ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sezibhengezo zentengiso zonyulo jikelele. Eyona nto ilungileyo yidemokhrasi ethe ngqo yakudala; Ukuziphatha kakubi kukarhulumente wethu kwihlabathi jikelele kufuneka kuhlangatyezwane nochaso loluntu ngalo lonke ithuba.
Ulawulo oluninzi akufuneki luwajongele phantsi amalungelo abantu. Abemi base-Afghanistan, eSiriya nase-Iraq abavoti, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo baziva ubunzima obupheleleyo bazo naziphi na iziphumo. Kuluxanduva lwethu kubamkeli abahluthwayo bemigaqo-nkqubo yangaphandle yase-US enobundlobongela ukuba basebenzise amagunya ethu aphezulu okuphazamiseka nokungathobeli ukuthotywa isidima necandelo ngalinye neziko de ubulungisa bunikezelwe – ngenxa yedemokhrasi.
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U-Erin Niemela ungumviwa weMatriki kwinkqubo yokuSombulula iMibango kwi-University of Portland State ne-Editor PeaceVoice.
