Ukufana phakathi kukaGeorge W Bush kunye noMongameli wasePhilippine uGloria Macapagal-Arroyo, kunye nonyulo oluqhubekayo kuwo omabini la mazwe luyi-surreal kwaye luyamangalisa.
IiPhilippines, eyayisakuba yikoloni yase-US, iya kuvoto ngoMeyi 10. Abantu baseMelika bavota nge-2 kaNovemba.
Wazalelwa kuphela iinyanga ezilithoba ngaphandle, uBush kunye noArroyo ngabantwana bomongameli bangaphambili. Uyise, uDiosdado Macapagal wayenguMongameli ukusuka kwi-1961-1965.
UGeorge noGloria bangena emandleni kungekhona ngokuphumelela unyulo, kodwa ngokusekelwe kwizigqibo zeNkundla ePhakamileyo kumazwe abo. Bobabini bafungiswa kumongameli ngoJanuwari 20, 2001. UGeorge wayenoncedo olukhethekileyo kunyulo lokugqibela kumntakwabo uJeb, iRhuluneli yaseFlorida. Owayesakuba nguSekela Mongameli u-Arroyo wathatha amandla emva kokuba uMongameli uJoseph รขโฌลErapรขโฌ Estrada wachithwa kwimvukelo edumileyo.
Bobabini uBush kunye no-Arroyo banethemba lokuhlala emandleni adlulileyo kunyulo lwe-2004. Bobabini benze โimfazwe yobunqolobiโ kunye ne-capitalism yemalike ekhululekileyo ukuba ibe yeyona nto ibaxhalabisayo. Ubanga ukuba uhlaziyo lwakhe lwemarike kunye nokhuseleko lwesizwe lusemngciphekweni kunyulo. Ngokunjalo naye. Wasebenzisa ukubanjwa kukaSaddam ukumisa ukuthandwa kwakhe, nangona okwethutyana. Uzamile, akaphumelelanga, ukusebenzisa โimfazwe yobugrogrisiโ yasekhaya ukuxhasa amanqaku akhe eflegi.
Ngo-1994, njengoSenator, u-Arroyo waxhasa uqinisekiso lweSivumelwano Jikelele seRhafu kunye noRhwebo (GATT) olukhokelele kubulungu belizwe loMbutho wezoRhwebo (WTO). Uhlala engumxhasi ongagungqiyo wemigaqo-nkqubo ye-neoliberal yezoqoqosho, engakuhoyi ukukhula kokungabikho kobulungisa kwezentlalo, kwindalo kunye nezoqoqosho ezikuphembelelayo.
UBush uthi: รขโฌลNjengokuba urhwebo olukhululekileyo lusanda emhlabeni wonke, ummandla wenkululeko yomntu uyakhula kunye naloรขโฌ . Ulawulo lwakhe luhlawulisa ngezivumelwano zorhwebo zamazwe amabini kunye nenxalenye yommandla kunye notyalo-mali kwiinzame zokwakha ukusuka ngaphantsi koko i-WTO iye yasilela ukukuzisa kushishino lwaseMelika. Ekhaya imigaqo-nkqubo yakhe iqinisekisa intlalontle yenkampani kwizityebi, kunye nentlupheko kunye nokungabikho kokusesikweni kwizigidi zabantu baseMelika.
Urhulumente wase-Philippine ulihlakani eliphambili lase-US e-Asia รขโฌโ kwezopolitiko, kwezoqoqosho, nangomkhosi. Ukubhengeza "icala lesibini kwimfazwe yobunqolobi" , i-US ithulule uncedo lomkhosi รขโฌโ kuquka nemikhosi, elizweni. Kwinyanga ezayo, amanye amajoni angama-2500 ase-US aya kuthatha inxaxheba kumjikelo wamva nje wokuzilolonga emkhosini odibeneyo kwiiPhilippines.
IiPhilippines lelinye lamazwe okuqala ukwenza imikhosi e-Iraq, kwaye yawongwa โisimo esikhulu esingeyo-NATO yase-USโ, esibeka phambili ekufumaneni uncedo lwasemkhosini lwase-US. UArroyo udinga inkxaso yase-US kwimfazwe yakhe ngokuchasene namaSilamsi kunye novukelo lwamakomanisi. UBush udinga inkxaso yakhe kwimfazwe yase-Iraq kunye namapolisa ase-Asia-mpuma ye-Asia ngokuchasene namaqela afana neqela lemigulukudu yase-Abu Sayyaf kunye noJemiah Islamiah.
NgoMeyi ophelileyo, u-Arroyo waba yintloko yelizwe lokuqala lase-Asia ukuba anikwe utyelelo lwaseburhulumenteni olusemthethweni e-US ukususela oko uBush wathatha amandla. Ngo-Okthobha, uBush waba nguMongameli wokuqala wase-US ukusukela oko u-Eisenhower ukuba athethe ne-Philippine Congress.
U-Arroyo wabelana ngombono wehlabathi weBush รขโฌลikunye nathi okanye ngokuchasene nathiรขโฌ imfundiso. Utyhola ngelithi nabani na ochasa ukungenelela emkhosini wase-US kwiiPhilippines โwayengengomFilippinaโ: โUkuba awungowakwiiPhilippines, ungubani ke? Umkhuseli wabanqolobi, iqela lababulali, isithandwa sika-Abu Sayyaf. "
Ukuthanda kukaBush kwisohlwayo esikhulu, okokuqala njengeRhuluneli yaseTexas, ngoku njengoMongameli, yaziwa kakhulu. NgoDisemba ka-2003, u-Arroyo wasirhoxisa isithembiso awasenzayo xa wayethatha isikhundla sakhe, waza waphakamisa isigwebo sentambo esineminyaka emi-4 ubudala, echaza ukuba abaqweqwedisi abagwetyiweyo kunye nabarhwebi beziyobisi kufuneka babulawe. Ubanga ukuba ukubulawa okucetyiweyo รขโฌลsisenzo sethu sothando kwabo bafuna imisebenzi kuba ukuze babe nemisebenzi emininzi, abatyali-zimali akufuneki boyike ukufaka kutyalo-mali ngenxa yokuxhwilwa.
Babelana ngokudelela okufanayo kwamalungelo oluntu kunye nenkululeko yoluntu. UBush unoMthetho we-PATRIOT, iKhowudi yeOrange, uKhuseleko lweLizwe, iGuantanamo Bay, ukuvalelwa okuninzi kunye nokunyamalala kwabaphambukeli kunye nemfazwe engapheliyo, engenamda ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe. NgoNovemba ophelileyo, i-8.5 yezigidi zeedola ukusuka kwi-87 yeebhiliyoni zeedola zase-Iraq รขโฌลiphakheji yokwakhiwa kwakhonaรขโฌ ixhase ngezimali uhlaselo lwamajoni kuqhanqalazo lwe-FTAA kwi-Miami yomkhosi. IDubya iyayicekisa inkcaso.
I-Arroyo iphakamisa i-draconian anti-terrorism bill, i-PATRIOT Act clone. Oku kuya kumisela imisebenzi yezopolitiko esemthethweni efana neepikethi, ugwayimbo, kunye neendibano njengogrogrisi, kwaye kuvumele ukubanjwa kunye nokuvalelwa kwabarhanelwa ukuya kuthi ga kwiintsuku ezingama-30 ngaphandle kwezityholo. Kwindlela yakhe yokuhlasela ngokuchasene รขโฌลabanqolobiรขโฌ kunye รขโฌลamakomanisiรขโฌ , uye wasasaza amajoni angama-6000 ukuba omeleze amapolisa kuMbindi Manila. Eminye imimandla iseyimimandla yemfazwe. I-KARAPATAN (uManyano lokuPhucula amaLungelo aBantu) izityholo zokuba phantsi kwe-Arroyo, ukunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu kuye kwanda ukuya kumanqanaba okugqibela abonwa ngexesha lobuzwilakhe beMarcos, kubandakanya ukubulawa kwabantu abaninzi, ukungcungcuthekiswa, ukuxhwilwa, ukufuduswa kwabantu kunye nokujoliswa kwabaphembeleli abaqhubekayo.
Zombini zibanga ulwamkelo lobuthixo. UBush ozelwe ngokutsha ukholelwa ukuba uThixo wayefuna abe nguMongameli kwaye ukwicala lakhe รขโฌลkungquzulwano phakathi kokulungileyo nokubiรขโฌ . NgoNovemba 2000, uArroyo wathi kwi<em>Time Magazine: โNdiza kulandela emanyathelweni kabawo ngokwenza okulungileyo, yaye uThixo uya kubanyamekela bonke abanye.โ Ekubeni enegunya eliphakamileyo, ngubani ofuna into ebuqhophololo njengomsebenzi odumileyo?
Kudliwanondlebe lwe-14 ye-NBN TV4 ka-Okthobha, uBush waxela kwangaphambili ukuba abantu basePhilippines รขโฌลbaza kwenza isigqibo esifanelekileyo. Ndiyazi ukuba umhlobo wam uyabaleka kwakhona, kwaye une-ajenda eyomeleleyo afuna ukuyiqhuba.รขโฌ I-Arroyo isenokuba idume kakhulu eWhitehouse kunasekhaya.
Amanyundululu anxulumene nonyulo akhathaza aba Mongameli bobabini. Kwihlabathi leSithathu ezi zibizwa ngokuba รขโฌลurhwaphilizoรขโฌ . Kwi-USA รขโฌลephucukileyoรขโฌ bamele ishishini njengesiqhelo. Umzekelo, oyena mxhasi wezimali uphezulu eDubya uhlala e-Enron, iqumrhu lamandla elingenamali elithe mbende kumanyundululu engxelo. U-Enron owayengusihlalo kunye ne-CEO u-Ken Lay wayekhokele ikomiti yonyulo kwakhona ka-Daddy Bush ka-1992 kwaye wayechonga iNkomfa yeSizwe yeRiphablikhi yehlobo.
I-Arroyo inxulunyaniswe nezityholo ezinzulu zokurhwaphiliza imali. Umyeni wakhe, uMike Arroyo, kutyholwa ukuba ubambe i-260 yezigidi zeepesos kwiiakhawunti zebhanki ezifihlakeleyo phantsi kwegama eliyintsomi elithi รขโฌลJose Pidalรขโฌ . Umninawa wakhe u-Ignacio ubanga ukuba "nguJose Pidal" kodwa wacela ilungelo lakhe lokuba ngasese ngokuchasene nokuphendula imibuzo ehambelanayo kwindibano yamva nje. Ukuphepha kwabazalwana baka-Arroyo kunye noMongameli kulo mbandela kuye kwabangela ukukrokrelana.
Kukho iinkxalabo ezinzulu zokuba alukho unyulo oluya kulunga nolukhululekileyo. Phambi konyulo lokugqibela lwase-US, amawaka-waka amagama abantu--ingakumbi abantsundu, kwaye ikakhulu abo bavotela iDemocratic - bacocwa nge-elektroniki kuluhlu lwabavoti lwaseFlorida ngokwemiyalelo ka-Jeb Bush kunye noNobhala weLizwe waseFlorida uKatherine Harris. Ezi voti zinokuthi zijike urhulumente, kunye nomongameli, kuGore. Ngoku, iHelp America Vote Act ifuna ukuba urhulumente ngamnye enze ikhompuyutha, abeke embindini kunye nokucoca uluhlu lwabavoti phambi konyulo luka-2004. Oomatshini bokuvota abaneziphene, abaxhatshazwa bubuqhophololo kunye neenkqubo zokuvota ezisekelwe kwi-intanethi ziyaziswa. Kukho ubudlelwane obusondeleyo phakathi koLawulo lweBush kunye ne-Diebold, oomatshini babo bokubala ukuvota basebenza kumazwe angama-37.
Ukuqaliswa okucetyiweyo kokuvota ngekhompyutha kwiiPhilippines kwavusa isikhalo sezopolitiko. I-Opposition Senator u-Aquilino Pimentel Jr. ulumkise ukuba unyulo lwekhompyutha ngo-2004 lunokukhokelela kwiintlobo ezintsha zobuqhetseba bokuvota. Endaweni yokuhluthwa kwebhokisi yokuvota, kunokubakho โukutshintsha kwediskete,โ utshilo. UGregorio รขโฌลKa Rogerรขโฌ Rosal, isithethi seQela lamaKomanisi ePhilippine uqikelele ukuba ukuze ibambelele egunyeni inkampu yase-Arroyo iyakuqhatha, esithi: "Unyulo luya kuba lobuchwepheshe obuphezulu, ukuqhatha kuya kuba njalo. ubuchwepheshe obuphezuluรขโฌ . Kwaza, ngoJanuwari, iNkundla ePhakamileyo yagweba ukuba iKomishoni yoNyulo ayizange iwuthobele umthetho nomgaqo-nkqubo woluntu ngokunxulumene nokubhida koluntu, ngoko ke isivumelwano satshitshiswa. Abavoti base-US bakwinceba yamaqhinga etekhnoloji. Iza kubuyela kubuchwephesha obuphantsi njengesiqhelo kwiiPhilippines.
Emva koko kukho into yosaziwayo. I-Terminator-Rhuluneli u-Arnie kufuneka anyuse iphulo likaBush lobumongameli, kunye nephulo leRiphabhlikhi kwelona lizwe likhulu. U-Arroyo unomfundi weendaba weTV owaziwayo-owajika-nguSenatha uNoli De Castro njengomlingani wakhe obalekayo. Imvelaphi yelona mbangi liyingozi lika-Arroyo mhlawumbi lingqina ukudelela abantu abaninzi basePhilippines ababambe รขโฌลtraposรขโฌ รขโฌโ abezopolitiko bemveli. Njengomhlobo wakhe, u-Estrada osusiweyo, uFernando Poe Junior - รขโฌลFPJรขโฌ - ngumdlali weqonga owaziwayo ngokudlala iqhawe kunye neendima zangaphantsi. Iipolitiki zasePhilippine zenza ukuba ukhuphiswano kunye nokuthunyelwa kweeprimaries zase-US kubonakale kubhityile.
Ingaba le nto รขโฌลidemokhrasiรขโฌ ikhangeleka njani ngo-2004?
Uninzi lwabahlobo bam baseMelika nabakwiiPhilippines bayakulumkela ukutyala ithemba namandla amaninzi kwipolitiki yonyulo njengendlela yokuzisa utshintsho olulungileyo. Abaninzi bajonga ngaphaya kokuvota kwaye bakholelwa ukuba umsebenzi wokwenene wokutshintsha kufuneka wenzeke eluntwini nasezitalatweni. Ngaphandle konxunguphalo oluviwa ngabaninzi kulawulo lukaBush, โnabani na-kodwa-Bushโ ezopolitiko ezibeka ithemba komnye okanye komnye umgqatswa weDemokhrasi ziyasilela ukujongana nentswela-bulungisa esisiseko exhasa ipolitiki yaseMelika ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe รขโฌโ kubandakanya Filipayinzi. Ukuba kukho ithemba kwiiPhilippines, livela ekwakhiweni nasekuzinziseni imibutho edlamkileyo yezentlalo elwela ubulungisa kunye nenkululeko, hayi i-miasma yezopolitiko zonyulo, nabani na oba nguMongameli. Mhlawumbi leyo yinto enokuthi ijonge phambili e-US kulo nyaka wonyulo.