Ukulondolozwa Kwezempi eNew York: Inhlala-kahle noma Impi?

Kusukela I-Peace Movement Aetearoa, May 14, 2020

Ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwesabelomali sika-2020 'Sokwakha Kabusha Ndawonye' kuyisamba esingu-$4,621,354,000.¹ - lokho kuyisilinganiso esingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-88.8 zamaRandi masonto onke.

Yize lokhu kuwukwehla okuncane uma kuqhathaniswa nenani elirekhodiwe lezindleko zezempi ezabiwe kuSabelomali sika-2019.² , ayihambi kude ngokwanele. Isabelo salo nyaka sikhombisa ukuthi ngaphandle kobhubhane lwe-COVID-19, uhulumeni usenemicabango efanayo yakudala mayelana 'nezokuphepha' - ukugxila emicabangweni emincane yezokuphepha yamasosha esikhundleni sokuvikeleka kwangempela okuhlangabezana nezidingo zabo bonke abantu baseNew Zealand.

Izolo nje uNdunankulu uthe uhulumeni uzobe elawula zonke izindleko "ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwethu kunikeza inani lemali", futhi "manje sidinga izikole zethu nezibhedlela, izindlu zethu zomphakathi kanye nemigwaqo nojantshi kunanini ngaphambili. Sidinga amaphoyisa ethu nabahlengikazi bethu, futhi sidinga nenethi yethu yokuphepha enhlalakahleni.”³ Kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi leli zinga lokusetshenziswa kwezempi lingathethelelwa kanjani njengenani lemali noma njengokusiza ukuhlangabezana nesidingo sezinsizakalo ezibalulekile zomphakathi.

Kulo nyaka, mhlawumbe kunanini ngaphambili, kusobala kabuhlungu ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezempi akwenzi lutho ukubhekana nezinkinga ezinkulu ezibhekene ne-Aotearoa - kungakhathaliseki ukuthi uhlelo lwezempilo olubonakala lunamaphutha, ukuntuleka kwezindlu ezingabizi kakhulu, amazinga obumpofu kanye nokungalingani kwezenhlalakahle, ukungalingani. amalungiselelo okushintsha kwesimo sezulu, nokunye - esikhundleni salokho, ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwezempi kuphambukisa izinsiza ezingase zisetshenziswe kangcono kakhulu.

Sekungamashumi eminyaka ohulumeni abalandelanayo bethi alukho usongo lwezempi oluqondile kuleli zwe, futhi - ukukhuluma ngokungagwegwesi - uma bekukhona, khona-ke amasosha aseNew Zealand awawona anele ukunqanda noma yiluphi udlame lwezempi.

Esikhundleni sokuqhubeka nokubheka imiqondo yokuphepha yezempi ephelelwe yisikhathi, sidinga ngokushesha ukuguquka kusuka ekulweni namabutho asezilungiselele impi ukuya ezinhlanganweni zomphakathi ezihlangabezana nezidingo zokuphepha ezibanzi zabo bonke abomakhelwane baseNew Pacific. Njengoba kunikezwe izinsizakusebenza zomkhawulo zaseNew Zealand ngokulingene, isidingo esisheshayo sokwenyuswa kakhulu kwezimali zomphakathi ekhaya, kanye nesidingo esiphuthumayo sobulungiswa besimo sezulu ePacific nasemhlabeni jikelele, kumane kungenangqondo ukuqhubeka nokuchitha izigidigidi ezintweni zokusebenza ezempi.

Izindawo zokudoba nokuvikelwa kwezinsizakusebenza, ukulawulwa kwemingcele, nokusesha nolwandle kungenziwa kangcono ngonogada basemphakathini onamandla osebeni nasogwini lolwandle, anezimoto, imikhumbi nezindiza ezifanele ugu lwethu, i-Antarctica nePacific, - kanye nokuhlomisa ama-ejensi omphakathi ekufuneni nasekutakeleni okusekelwe emhlabeni, kanye nosizo lokusiza lapha naphesheya kwezilwandle - kungaba yindlela eshibhile kakhulu njengoba kungekho kulokhu okungadinga ihadiwe yezempi ebizayo.⁴

Uma kukhona isifundo esingasifunda kulolu bhubhane lwamanje, ngokuqinisekile ukuthi ukucabanga okusha mayelana nendlela engcono kakhulu yokuhlangabezana nezidingo zethu zangempela zokuphepha kubalulekile. Esikhundleni sokuthembela embonweni ogxile emicabangweni emincane yezokuphepha yezempi yakudala, iNew Zealand ingase - futhi kufanele - ihole indlela. Esikhundleni sokuqhubeka nendlela yokusebenzisa amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-20 (ngaphezu kwesabelomali sezempi sonyaka) kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe amandla okulwa, okuhlanganisa izindiza zezempi ezintsha nemikhumbi yempi, lesi yisikhathi esihle sokukhetha indlela entsha nengcono yokuya phambili.

Ushintsho olusuka emabuthweni ahlomile olulungele ukulwa luye ezinhlanganweni zomphakathi, kanye nokwenyuka kwezimali zokuxoxisana, kuzoqinisekisa ukuthi iNew Zealand ingaba negalelo elihle kakhulu enhlalakahleni nasekuvikelekeni kwangempela kubo bonke abantu baseNew Zealand, emazingeni esifunda nawomhlaba, kunawo. angakwazi ngokuqhubeka nokunakekela kanye nokuhlomisa kabusha amabutho amancane kodwa abizayo.

Okubhekwayo

¹ Leli inani eliphelele kuwo wonke Amavoti Esabelomali amathathu lapho izindleko eziningi zempi zishiwo khona: Ukuvikela Ngevoti, $649,003,000; Vota Umbutho Wezokuvikela, $3,971,169,000; kanye Nemfundo Yevoti, $1,182,000. Uma kuqhathaniswa nesabelomali sika-2019, izabelo zeVote Defence and Vote Defence Force zehle ngo-$437,027,000, kanti isabelo seMfundo Yevoti sikhuphuke ngo-$95,000.

² 'Isabelomali Se-NZ Wellbeing: Ukwenyuka okushaqisayo kwezindleko zezempi', i-Peace Movement Aotearoa, 30 May 2019 kanye 'nokunyuka kwezindleko zezempi emhlabeni wonke, izilinganiso ze-New Zealand embikweni', Peace Movement Aotearoa, 27 April 2020, http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/gdams.htm

³ Inkulumo kaNdunankulu yangaphambi kwesabelomali, 13 May 2020, https://www.beehive.govt.nz

⁴ Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe mayelana nezindleko zokunakekela amabutho ahlomile alungele ukulwa, nezindlela ezingcono zokuqhubekela phambili, bheka 'Okuthunyelwe: Isitatimende Senqubomgomo Yesabelomali sika-2020', i-Peace Movement Aotearoa, 23 January 2020, https://www.facebook.com/PeaceMovementAotearoa/okuthunyelwe/2691336330913719