Namhlanje nditsalele umnxeba kwiofisi kaSodolophu weSixeko saseNew York uMichael Bloomberg. Ndamshiyela umyalezo omfutshane, ndisithi ndiza kumatsha kwizitrato zedolophu yakhe ngoMgqibelo ozayo, ngoFebruwari 15, ndikhalazela imfazwe ehlaziyiweyo yaseIraq. Ndongezelela ngelithi ndiza kuyenza loo nto enoba imvume yokubonisa ndiyayinikwa okanye akunjalo. Ndikwachaze ukuba ndizimisele ukuzisa amakhulu amabini okanye amathathu abamelwane bam ngeebhasi nabaququzeleli endisebenza nabo kwaye ndiqeshiwe. Ndalibeka lacaca elokuba, sivumele okanye singavumi, siyakumatsha.
Njengomkhosi wohlaselo wase-US wakha kuMbindi Mpuma, eyona ntshukumo inkulu, neyona yahlukeneyo yakha yacela umngeni kwimfazwe iyanda kububanzi kunye nobunzulu kwihlabathi liphela. Olu ngquzulwano lwamva nje phakathi kwezitrato kunye neqela elidumileyo alikho kweli nqanaba alikho intlekele okanye inguquko, kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo libaluleke kakhulu. Izenzo ezilungelelanisiweyo, zehlabathi zomhla we-15 kaFebruwari ngokuqinisekileyo ziya kwenza eyona ndibano inkulu kwimbali.
Echaza inkxalabo yokuba โubomi babantu bemihla ngemihlaโ buza kuphazanyiswa luqhanqalazo olukhulu eManhattan, amapolisa namagosa esixeko akavumanga ukunika abaququzeleli boqhanqalazo imvume yokumatsha ngaphandle kwekomkhulu leZizwe eziManyeneyo. Ngandlel' ithile ubugwenxa baloo ngxelo bubonakala bulahlekile kwabasemagunyeni kunye neentatheli ezininzi: Yintshabalalo kunye nokupheliswa kobomi babantu esiza kuzimatsha ukukuthintela. Ukuphazamiseka kobomi kwihlabathi jikelele kuqinisekiswa yimigaqo-nkqubo elandelwa ngamandla ngurhulumente wase-US. Ukuchasa ukupheliswa kobomi, siya kumatsha.
Iinzame ze-Bloomberg zokunciphisa ubungakanani bomboniso ngokwala imvume zicace ngendlela emangalisayo. Ikhe yazanywa ngaphambili, eNew York nakwezinye izixeko ezininzi kulo lonke elaseUnited States. Kukho amathuba abonakalayo okuba, njengoko kuqhelekile, imvume iya kunikwa ngeyure yeshumi elinanye, akuba amagosa aneliseke ukuba inani elininzi labo baza kuba ngababonisi bazirhoxisile izicwangciso zabo zokuthatha inxaxheba.
Okumangalisayo kukuba, ukuba imvume ayinikezelwanga, amagosa aya kuba noxanduva ngokuyinxenye lokuguqula oko bekuya kuba sisenzo esivunyiweyo ngokwasemthethweni sokuchasa, sibe sisenzo esikhulu sokwenyani sokungathobeli. Intsalela yaloo mbopheleleko isemagxeni abo banokuba nenxaxheba. Ukuba urhulumente unqwenela ukusinika ukhetho phakathi kokuthula kunye nokungathobeli uluntu, abasishiyi sinokukhetha konke. Ukuba sibalelwa kumashumi amawaka, abasayi kuba namandla okusinqanda, kwaye naziphi na iinzame zokwenjenjalo ziya kuba yingozi kakhulu kumfanekiso wesiXeko. Siza kujonga ngapha nangapha kwinyambalala yabaqhankqalazi, kwaye siyakumatsha.
Siyakhuthazwa, okwangoku, yinto ekungekho politiko enokuthi ayilawule okanye ayicinezele ngokulula. Siyayicaphukela inkqubo echasene nedemokhrasi apho iinkokeli zethu ziye zahlala khona ngexesha lemfazwe. Siyacekiswa kukungakhathali kwabo okubonisa ukhuseleko loMbindi Mpuma kunye nehlabathi. Siyoyika ukuba imijukujelwa, iibhombu kunye neembumbulu ziya kwenza ntoni kubantu belizwe esele lithuthunjisiwe ngaphezu kweminyaka elishumi yezohlwayo ezikhohlakeleyo. Ezi ntshukumisa zisinyanzele ukuba siphalazeke kwizitrato zezixeko ezingenakubalwa ezinkulu nezincinane, ngamanani angazange abonwe ngaphambili. Kwaye njengoko ukwakhiwa kwemikhosi yohlaselo kuMbindi Mpuma kuqhubeleka, ukunyuka okuthelekisekayo kubukhulu kunye nobunzulu bemikhosi yokulwa imfazwe kusondela kwindawo ebilayo kwihlabathi liphela.
Ngoku ekubeni urhulumente eyityhilile injongo yakhe kukusebenzisa ingcinezelo ekrwada ukuphelisa ukuchasana kwethu, thina sihlala kuMntla-mpuma we-US sinesizathu esingakumbi sokuya kwisiXeko saseNew York. Endaweni yokubavumela ukuba boyike intshukumo abangenako ukuyinqanda, siya kubonakalisa iinzame zabo zokusithulisa zinokubuyisa umva ngokuvuselela inyathelo elingakumbi. Sizakumatsha!
UBrian ngumququzeleli wemfazwe eSyracuse, NY. Yena kunye nabanye abaphembeleli basekhaya baququzelele iibhasi ezi-5 zokuqeshisa kunye neemoto ezininzi ukuya e-NYC nge-15 kaFebruwari.
Ngolwazi oluthe kratya malunga nemiboniso eseNew York naseSan Francisco, jonga ku-http://unitedforpeace.org.
Ukuxelela amagosa esiXeko saseNew York ukuba uzimisele ukumatsha kwizitrato zaseNew York kuza nge-15 kaFebruwari:
Usodolophu we-NYC uMichael Bloomberg: 212-788-9600, 212-788-3010, 212-788-3040 NYC uMkomishinala wamaPolisa uRaymond W. Kelly: 646-610-8526 NYPD oyiNtloko yeSebe uJoseph Esposito: 646-610