Mu May 2008 ndinalembera MP wa kwathu komweko, yemwe amakhala Nick Clegg mtsogoleri wa Liberal Democrats, ndikumupempha kuti azikakamiza boma kuti liyimitse malonda ake a zida zankhondo ku Israeli. Ndinamupemphanso kuti apange izi kukhala mbali ya ndondomeko za chipani chake. Ndinatchula zina mwazotsutsa zambiri zomwe boma la Israeli likuchita motsutsana ndi Palestina komanso Gaza makamaka. Kulemberana makalata kwatsatira pakati pa ine ndi David Miliband, Mlembi Wachilendo, ndi Mr Clegg akudutsa makalata pakati pathu. Kupatula ndemanga yoyamba yoti "tikukhulupirira kuti Boma liyenera kuyambitsa kuwunika kwa malonda a zida zankhondo pakati pa United Kingdom ndi Israel", Mr Clegg sanachite nawo kusinthanitsa.
A Miliband amayesa kulungamitsa kugulitsa zida zankhondo ku Israeli komwe kukupitilira kunena kuti "sitikukhulupirira kuti zomwe zikuchitika mderali zitha kusintha poika chiletso cha zida ku Israeli", ndikuti zopempha zonse zotumizidwa kunja zimawunikidwa payekhapayekha. komanso kuti izi zikuphatikizapo kuganizira mfundo yakuti Israeli yaphwanya chitsimikizo chake chakuti zida zochokera ku UK sizidzagwiritsidwa ntchito m'madera omwe ali occupied Territories.
A Miliband amanditsimikiziranso kuti amatsatira Consolidated EU ndi National Arms Export Licensing Criteria [1]. Mwa izi 8 zomwe ndingaganizire Israeli akulephera 4:
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Na. 3: … zomwe zingapangitse kapena kutalikitsa mikangano ya zida kapena kukulitsa mikangano m'dziko lomwe mukupitako.
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4: … kukhalapo kapena kuthekera kwa nkhondo pakati pa wolandirayo ndi dziko lina; chigamulo chotsutsana ndi gawo la dziko loyandikana nalo lomwe wolandirayo adayesapo kale kapena kuwopseza kuti atsatira mwa kukakamiza; ngati zidazo zitha kugwiritsidwa ntchito kupatula chitetezo chovomerezeka cha dziko ndi chitetezo cha wolandila; kufunikira kosasokoneza kukhazikika kwachigawo mwanjira iliyonse ...
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6: … kutsatizana kwake ndi zomwe mayiko achita padziko lonse lapansi, makamaka pakusagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu, kuphatikizirapo pansi pa malamulo adziko lonse opereka chithandizo kwa anthu okhudza mikangano yapadziko lonse lapansi ndi yosakhala yapadziko lonse lapansi; kudzipereka kwake pakusachulukirachulukira komanso mbali zina zowongolera zida ndi kuponyera zida…
Zikuoneka kuti boma la UK silikuganiza kuti Israeli ikulephera izi, ngakhale kuti maboma a Israeli ali ndi zida za madera ogwidwa; kupondereza kwake anthu aku Palestina; ndikuukira Lebanon ndi ena; ntchito yake ya Golan Heights ndi zina zotero. Mutha kuwona zida zina zomwe boma la UK limalola kuti zigulitsidwe ku Israeli m'malipoti ake apachaka [2]. Mu 2008 ziphaso zatsopano za 255 zidaperekedwa, zokwana £31 miliyoni, 15 zidakanidwa ndipo 1 adachotsedwa. Zinthu zomwe zili ndi chilolezo zimaphatikizapo zida zowombera mfuti, zida zankhondo zomenyera nkhondo, zida za mfuti zodziwikiratu, zida zopangira magalimoto osayendetsedwa ndi ndege ndi zina zambiri. Lipoti la 2009 silinapezekebe, koma malipoti a kotala loyamba la chaka akuwonetsa zilolezo zatsopano. Zilolezo nthawi zambiri zimakhala zaka 2 mpaka 3.
Zimakhala bwanji kuti boma la UK lopereka laisensi livomereze zilolezo ku Israeli, potengera zomwe zili pamwambapa? Kodi njirayi imagwira ntchito bwanji? Kodi zingatsutsidwe?
Pambuyo pofunsa mobwerezabwereza kutsogoloku zikuwoneka kuti zolemba za zisankho zamalayisensi zimasungidwa pakompyuta, koma sizipezeka kwa anthu onse. Ndidadziwitsidwa kuti mbali zina zaiwo zitha kuwonedwa kudzera m'malo osakira [3], koma sindingathe kutolanso zambiri kuchokera ku izi kuposa zomwe zidapezeka m'malipoti aboma. Zosankha zopereka ziphaso zimawunikiridwa ndi Komiti Yoyang'anira Kutumiza Zida Kugulitsa Zida, Komiti Yanyumba Yamalamulo. Makomiti Osankhidwa mwachiwonekere amasankhidwa ndi Select Committee of Selection, ayi ndithu sindikupanga izi. Nawonso sangathe kufalitsa uthenga popanda chilolezo cha boma. Powerenga lipoti lawo laposachedwa [4] zikuwoneka kuti komitiyi ikukhutira ndi zomwe boma lalonjeza pankhaniyi.
Chifukwa chake mwachiwonekere tili ndi dongosolo lomwe Boma la UK lingavomereze ziphaso zotumiza kunja kwa zinthu zankhondo, mwachiwonekere mosagwirizana ndi njira zoyendetsera katundu. Sizingatheke kuti anthu aone momwe akuvomerezera izi pokhapokha atasankha kukuuzani ndipo komiti ya MP yomwe idakhazikitsidwa kuti iwunikenso zisankhozi ikuwoneka ngati ikuwatsutsa.
Mutha kuwonjezera izi pamndandanda wanu wazifukwa zoti musavotere zipani zazikulu kwambiri pachisankho chotsatira. Ndikupangira zotsatirazi: yang'anani ma manifesto a zipani zonse zomwe zayimilira mdera lanu ndikuvotera yomwe mukugwirizana nayo kwambiri; osavotera zipani zazikulu, mbiri yawo imalankhula okha pa izi ndi zina zambiri.
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1: Consolidated EU ndi National Arms Export Licensing Criteria, http://www.fco.gov.uk/resources/en/pdf/3849543/eu-arms-export
2: Stategic Export Controls, http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/about-us/publications-and-documents/publications1/annual-reports/export-controls1
3: Strategic Control Control: Malipoti ndi Ziwerengero, https://www.exportcontroldb.berr.gov.uk/eng/fox/sdb/SDBHOME
4: Kuyang'anitsitsa Zowongolera Zotumiza Zida, http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200809/cmselect/cmquad/178/178.pdf
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