Umthombo: I-Counterpunch
Kuya kuba nzima ukukhomba ilizwe elinomongameli onegunya ledemokhrasi ngakumbi kuno-Evo Morales. Akukho mntu unokuphikisa kakhulu ukuba uphumelele umjikelo wokuqala wolonyulo luka-Okthobha nge-20 ngo-Okthobha. Uphonononge i-47% yevoti kunyulo kunye ne-88% yabavoti, njengoninzi uvoto oluxelwe kwangaphambili. Oko kuphinda kabini ipesenteji yevoti evumelekileyo efunyanwa ngoomongameli base-US ngokubanzi. Ndiza kuthetha ngakumbi malunga nalo ngezantsi, kodwa kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba wonyulwa kwithuba lakhe langoku (eliphelelwa lixesha kude kube nguJanuwari) nge-61% yevoti kunyulo oluphantse lufane.
“Ukurhoxa” kukaMorales kwamva nje kufike kwindawo yompu. Wabalekela eMexico urhulumente wakhe wamnika indawo yokukhosela. Umkhosi ongakhethwanga kunye namapolisa amkhupha. Iinjengele “zamcebisa” ngokuphandle ukuba arhoxe yaye omabini amapolisa nomkhosi benza kwacaca ukuba babengazi kumkhusela kubachasi abaxhobileyo. Uninzi lwamalungu enkongolo onyulwe ngokwedemokhrasi ngoku azimele. Njengakulo lonke ubhukuqo-mbuso lwasemkhosini, luze nokuvalwa kwemithombo yeendaba ukunceda imikhosi yezokhuseleko ukuba icinezele ngokungenalusini uqhanqalazo.
Ukuba uxhasa idemokhrasi, ngoko ucela imikhosi yokhuseleko yaseBolivia ukuba ivumele uMorales abuye aze agqibezele ixesha lakhe. Ubamema ukuba benze umsebenzi wabo, okhusela bonke abameli abonyuliweyo kunye nelungelo lomntu wonke lokuthetha ngokukhululekileyo kunye noqhanqalazo olunoxolo. Lowo ngumsebenzi wabo kuphela osemthethweni. Kuya kufuneka uphinde ubize urhulumente wakho ukuba ale ukuqaphela nawaphi na “abasemagunyeni” eBolivia abema endleleni yokubuya kukaMorales abafuna ukwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho umbutho wakhe wezopolitiko.
Nokuba umongameli udume kangakanani na, kuya kubakho icandelo labemi abangamthandiyo- kunye necandelo eliqinileyo elizimisele ukunyanzela umongameli ukuba amapolisa kunye nomkhosi bangabavumela. Ukuba ucinga ukuba abongameli base-US bakhuselekile kule meko yobusuku kuba basemthethweni ngakumbi kuneMorales ke awuliqondi ilizwe lakho. Inyani yokuba abantu abadumileyo banokuthi bahluke ngokwezopolitiko ngexilongo, iNew York Times ibhodi yokuhlela, yaye Human Rights Watch (ngamanqanaba ahlukeneyo obukrwada) baye bancedisa ekuxhaseni ubhukuqo-mbuso eBolivia luphawu lwenkxaso yedemokhrasi enzulu ngokwenene kwinkcubeko yezopolitiko yase-US. UAlan McLeod wachaza FAIR ukuba amajelo eendaba asentshona enze indima yawo ukuxhasa ubhukuqo-mbuso ngokwala ukulibiza ngokuba yintoni na. apha sisibongozo kwiNew York Times siyicela ukuba irhoxise inqaku lomhleli elivuma ubhukuqo-mbuso.
Kodwa ngaba uMorales akazange enze “iintshukumo ezimbi”?
Ngo-2016, uMorales uzame ukuphelisa imida yexesha nge-referendum kodwa walahlekelwa ngamanqaku amabini epesenti. Emva konyaka kwakhethwa iNkundla Ephakamileyo yaseBolivia (eyi abanyuliweyo ukuya kwithuba leminyaka emithandathu) yagweba ukuba imida yamaxesha ayihambelani nomgaqo-siseko yaza ke ngoko yatshitshisa iziphumo zovavanyo. Esi sigwebo bekunokuxoxwa ngaso, kodwa besingekho krakra njengoko bezinjalo izigqibo zeNkundla ePhakamileyo kwihlabathi jikelele. ICitizens United ithi qatha engqondweni. Isigwebo seNkundla ePhakamileyo esanikezela uGeorge W. Bush umongameli wase-US ngo-2000. INkundla ePhakamileyo yaseHonduran yagweba ngo-2009 ngokusebenzayo. ikhutshiwe uvoto lwezimvo olungabopheleliyo kwaye oko kwabangela ubhukuqo-mbuso lwasemkhosini apho iHonduras ingekabuyi.
Kwakhona, abemi baseBolivia ababengaluthandi olo lawulo babeneendlela ezininzi zokuluphelisa ngokwedemokhrasi nomgaqo-siseko. Banokuvota kwiNkundla ePhakamileyo entsha (abemi base-US abanako) okanye bavote nje uMorales kunye namahlakani akhe kwindlu yowiso-mthetho baphume esikhundleni-abangazange bayenze.
Inqununu ecaleni, ngaba yayisisidenge ngobuchule iMorales ukubaleka kwakhona? Mhlawumbi, kodwa kulula ukuphakamisa eminye imibuzo enobuchule ebaluleke ngakumbi.
Kwakutheni ukuze avumele abaphathi be-OAS abangama-60% abaxhaswa ngemali yi-US ukuba babe nayiphi na indima ekubekeni iliso kunyulo? An uhlalutyo liZiko loPhando loQoqosho kunye noMgaqo-nkqubo (CEPR) libonise ukuba i-OAS ayinaso isiseko sokuziphikisa iziphumo. UKevin Cashman uye icacisiwe malunga nokuba kutheni "uphicotho-zincwadi lokuqala" olukhutshwe yi-OAS kwiiveki kamva lwalungenasiseko ngokufanayo.
Ayiloxesha lokuqala abalawuli be-OAS begxeka unyulo olucocekileyo olunesiphumo esibi njengoMark Weisbrot. ikhonjwe ngaphandle kwiSizwe. Ngo-2000, oko yanceda ngokungekho sikweni ukuthoba isidima unyulo lwezomthetho eHaiti. Loo nto yanceda ekuthetheleleni izohlwayo eziqatha zase-US ezathi ekugqibeleni zalandelwa lubhukuqo-mbuso lomkhosi wase-US ngo-2004. Ukusukela ngoko, iHaiti ayizange ibe nonyulo olukhululekileyo nolungenamkhethe njengoko babenalo ngo-2000. Ngo-2011, i-OAS yaphinda yabetha yaza yatshintsha ngokungenasizathu. iziphumo zolonyulo eHaiti.
Kutheni uMorales ebavumela ukuba basondele kunyulo? Ukuba akenzanga njalo ibiya kuba zizizathu zeentshaba zakhe – exhaswa nguWashington – athi ufuna ukuqhatha unyulo. Izohlwayo zase-US- ezingafuni sizathu esibambekayo okanye intlonipho kumthetho wamazwe ngamazwe - beziya kulandela. Usenokuba ubala ukuba ukuthandwa kwakhe kunye mpu melelo e-ofisini kuya kuba ngaphezu kokwaneleyo ukuphelisa urhwaphilizo lwe-OAS. Ukuba kunjalo, wayephazama.
Kutheni engenzanga umsebenzi ongcono wokulawula umkhosi? Ngokucacileyo bekufanele ukuba wenze ngcono kulo mba, kodwa kufanelekile ukukhumbula ukuba le ntshukumo yenziwa njani yidemon kumajelo eendaba asentshona kunye neentshaba zasekhaya. Oko kuya kuba yinyani ngakumbi ukuba wayesebenzise ubuchule baseCuba umzekelo. Kuthekani ngokuxhobisa abaxhasi bakhe kwimikhosi yomkhosi? Ingxaki efanayo.
Siyingxaki
Chaza umongameli onyulwe ngokwedemokhrasi obhukuqwe yi-US-backed coup eyayingenasiphako ngandlel' ithile, okanye abachasi bakhe banzima, nangona ngokucacileyo babembalwa, abakwazanga ukubeka uninzi lwabaqhankqalazi ezitratweni? Olu luhlu alunakubandakanya uGoulart, Allende, Aristide, Arbenz, Chavez, Zelaya, okanye nabani na osileleyo ukuhamba emanzini.
Ukujongwa ngokunyanisekileyo kwiingxaki zobuchule beMorales kubonisa ukuba inkcubeko yezopolitiko yase-US kunye namahlakani ayo aphezulu yingxaki enkulu ejongene nayo nayiphi na idemokhrasi kwi-Global South. Ukuba semthethweni kwedemokhrasi kwenza kancinci kakhulu ukukhusela xa i-US kunye nezixhobo zayo zokusasaza zijolise kuwe ekutshatyalalisweni. Ubhukuqo-mbuso oluchasene noMorales kufuneka lube lula kakhulu kuye nawuphi na "ukuqhubela phambili" ukuchasa ngokungagungqiyo - kwaye ngokuchasa ndithetha ukuba kufuneka uMorales aligqibe ixesha lakhe. Abantu abanomdla wokuqaqambisa "izikhalazo" zabo zeMorales ziyinxalenye yengxaki.
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