Ngu-Eric Johnston, Okthoba 1, 2018
Kusukela I-Japan Times
OSAKA - Ngokunqotshwa okukhulu kweNdunankulu uShinzo Abe kanye nesigungu esiphezulu, uKyodo News kanye nabanye abezindaba babike ngeSonto kusihlwa ukuthi ilungu laseNdiya elingaphansi kweNdlu uDenny Tamaki, ophikisana nesiphakamiso esivumelwaneni sikahulumeni sokususa isosha lase-United States, wathola ama-Okinawa umjaho wombusi phezu komuntu ozobhapathizwa kakhulu yizinhlangano ezibusayo.
Ukugcina kwamavoti kwakubalwa ngeSonto eledlule kanti imiphumela esemthethweni kulindeleke ngoMsombuluko ekuseni.
UTamaki oneminyaka engu-58, owasekelwa yizo zonke izinhlangano ezinkulu zokuphikisa, kubikwa ukuthi unqobe u-Atsushi Sakima, owayengumengameli waseGinowan oneminyaka engu-54, ophethe i-US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Isizinda se-Futenma kufanele sithuthelwe endaweni yasolwandle eHenoko manje esakhiwa engxenyeni esenyakatho yesiqhingi esikhulu.
UTamaki umkhankaso ngokubambisana ukuze aqhubekele inqubomgomo yangaphambili yeGov.Takeshi Onaga yokuvumela izisekelo ezisezempi zase-Okinawa.
"Mnu U-Onaga wabeka ukuphila kwakhe engozini ukuze enze ukuzimisela kwakhe, okungekho ukuvumela isisekelo esisha sokwakhiwa (e-Okinawa). Lokhu kusakaze kubantu base-Okinawa futhi basekela "umkhankaso, kusho uTamaki ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kwemiphumela.
U-Onaga washona ngo-Agasti ngemuva kokulwa nomdlavuza futhi ngemuva kokufunga ukuthi uzothatha izinyathelo zokuqeda imvume yokwakha eHenoko.
Isisekelo sokusekela kukaTamaki sasihlanganisa u-Onaga "wonke u-Okinawa" ohlangothini lwezishoshovu zendabuko e-anti-base nabaholi bebhizinisi base-Okinawan abaphikisana noHenoko - kodwa hhayi ukusebenzisana kwezempi eJapane ne-United States.
Phakathi nomkhankaso, uTamaki wenza ukuphikisa kwakhe uHenoko kucace. Kodwa i-Sakima kanye neLiberal Democratic Party esebusayo bathatha isu lomkhankaso wokugwema ingxoxo kaHenoko futhi bagxila kunesidingo sokuvala i-Futenma masinyane ngangokunokwenzeka nasezindabeni zezomnotho.
Izikhulu eziphezulu zeLDP ziphuma ngokuphindaphindiwe zivela eTokyo zizofaka umkhankaso kuSimima, njengoba zathi umphumela wokhetho ngeke ushintshe isinqumo sikahulumeni sokuqhubekela phambili nokwakhiwa kwesakhiwo saseHenoko.
Umsebenzi wokuqala kaTamaki njengombusi uzobe unqume ukuthi yiziphi izinyathelo okufanele zithathe mayelana nesinqumo sika-Okinawa sokuhoxisa imvume yokwakhiwa eHenoko. Ngasekupheleni kuka-Agasti, i-prefecture ihoxise ukugunyazwa komsebenzi wokuthuthwa komhlaba, futhi kukhona nezinye izimpi zenkantolo phakathi kweTokyo ne-prefecture phezu kwalolu daba kulindeleke.
UTamaki kanye nomhlangano we-prefectural, ophikisana noHenoko, nabo kulindeleke ukuba baqhubekele phambili emthethweni ozobe ubeka ukuvakashelwa kwe-prefecture-jikelele ekudluliseni isisekelo ku-Henoko.
Uma kuvunyelwe, ukuvota kungenzeka phakathi kwentwasahlobo ka-2019. Abangaphezu kwe-92,000 base-Okinawans basayina isikhalazo esidinga ukuvakasha, futhi umhlangano kulindeleke ukuthi uxoxe ngale ndaba ngo-Okthoba.
Isimo sezulu sidlala umonakalo ukhetho ezinsukwini zokugcina zomkhankaso. Isivunguvungu uTrami sigubha e-Okinawa ngoMgqibelo, siphoqelela abazobhapathizwa ukuba banqume umkhankaso wokwakhiwa komgwaqo ngosuku lokhetho futhi bathathe amafoni. Abafakizicelo nabalandeli babo bakhuthaza abavoti, ikakhulukazi eziqhingini ezikude zase-Okinawa, ukuze bavote kokubili ukugwema umthelela wesiphepho esiseduze.
Izikhulu zase-Okinawa zithi ngoMgqibelo inani labantu abangu-406,984 baya emaphoyiseni ukuze bavotele ekuqaleni kukaSepthemba 14 no-28, inombolo yerekhodi emele ngamaphesenti angu-35 wabavotli ababhalisiwe
Abanye abakhethiweyo ababili, uHatsumi Toguchi, i-83, no-Shun Kaneshima, i-40, nabo bahamba njengabazimele.
