Umthombo: Isizwe
Abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi. Yileyo ndlela amavolontiya amaningi ama-Olympic ashiya ngayo imisebenzi e-Tokyo, kusasele izinsuku ezingama-50 kuphela imidlalo. Lelo ngelinye lamavolontiya ayisishiyagalombili adingekayo ukuze kuhoxiswe imidlalo yama-Olympics ka-2021 (esabizwa ngokuthi ama-Olympics ka-2020). Lolu wuphawu lwakamuva nje oluyisixwayiso lokuthi, ngaphandle kwemibhikisho yamaPanglossian yeKomidi Lamazwe Ngamazwe Lama-Olympic, Imidlalo yaleli hlobo isengozini. IJapan njengamanje ibambene phezulu nokuqubuka kwe-coronavirus futhi ingaphansi kwamaphesenti amathathu abantu abagonyiwe. Ngokusho kokuvota, njengoba nje 80 amaphesenti yezwe ayifuni ukusingatha le midlalo, ngenxa yokwesaba ukuthi izobhebhethekisa le nkinga yezempilo yomphakathi egcwele yonke indawo, njengamanje ethathwa njengesimo esiphuthumayo.
Izindimbane zaseTokyo zifuna ukuhlehlisa noma ukukhansela imidlalo, kodwa uhulumeni uthi yisinqumo se-IOC, hhayi izwe elisingathayo, ubukhosi kufanele bulahlwe. Enkulumweni, ushwele, i-viral editorial, ilungu leKomidi lama-Olympic aseJapane kanye nowake wathola indondo yethusi owake wadla umhlanganiso uKaori Yamaguchi wabhala ukuthi iJapan “ekhoneni” ekubeni nokusingatha imidlalo. Ubhale wathi, “Sibekwe ekhoneni esimweni lapho esingeke sisakwazi nokuma manje. Siyalahlwa uma senza kanjalo, futhi silahlwe uma singenzi…. I-IOC nayo ibonakala icabanga ukuthi umbono womphakathi eJapan awubalulekile. ” Kube yisitatimende esingajwayelekile esabhidliza udonga lokuzikhukhumeza kwe-JOC lapho ibhekene nalokhu kuphikisa komphakathi.
Emhlabeni ophile saka, ama-Olympics ngabe asehlehlisiwe. Kepha imali idlulise konke okunye okukhathazayo, futhi yilokho uYamaguchi akhuluma ngakho lapho ethi izwe "liyalahlwa uma senza kanjalo, futhi lilahlwe uma singenzi." IJapan ikwenzile esetshenziswe ngokusemthethweni AmaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-15.4 kule midlalo, kodwa ucwaningo lukahulumeni lwembula ukuthi izindleko zangempela zingafinyelela ku-$ 30 billion kanye nokukhuphuka. Okungenani ingxenye yaleyo mali idinga ukubuyiswa, futhi ngeke kube njalo uma izikhungo ezintsha ezikhazimulayo zivalwa.
Ku-IOC, ingcindezi yokubonisa ithelevishini okuthile abangakubiza ngokuthi ama-Olympics kuyindaba yokusinda. Ikomidi lithola amaphesenti angama-75 esabelomali salo kumalungelo ethelevishini yama-Olympic futhi selivele libuhlungu ngokuhlehliswa konyaka odlule, okwasungulwa ngokungahambisani nentando yalo. Uma lawa ma-Olympics ahlehliswa futhi noma—izulu libalekele—likhanseliwe, i-IOC izolahlekelwa, ngokusho kwe-Associated Press, phakathi kwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu namabhiliyoni amane. Uma ama-Olympics eqhubeka, kuzoba ukuphika okukhulu kwenhloso yawo okusolwayo: inzuzo ephakamisa injabulo yezemidlalo.
Izibonelo zalokhu zigcwele emlandweni wama-Olympic. Muva nje kuma-Olympics okugcina e-Rio, ngibone imiphakathi ichitheka ethunzini lezinkundla ezisanda kwakhiwa manje ezimile zingenalutho. Kodwa ukufaka ama-Olympics omhlaba ezweni elingagonyiwe ngokuphumelelayo ukuze kubuyiselwe izigidigidi kuwuhlobo olukhethekile lwamanyala. I-IOC iyayiphikisa le ngxabano ngokuveza ukuthi abalandeli baphesheya sebevinjelwe. Kulindeleke ukuthi ngoJuni 20 kube nesinqumo sokuthi abalandeli bezwe elizosingatha bazovunyelwa yini ukuthi bathamele (kulindeleke ukuthi nabo bavinjelwe). Nokho lesi sinqumo esingakaze sibonwe sokubamba ama-Olympics ngaphandle kwabalandeli, sinikeza umdlalo. Uma ama-Olympics engaphephile emphakathini, kuthiwani ngabasubathi, abaqeqeshi, abaqeqeshi, abamemezeli, abathwebuli bezithombe, nabo bonke abasekeli abahlukahlukene? Sisakhuluma ngamashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu abavela ezizweni nasezifundeni ezingama-200, abanye bevela emazweni anokukhishwa okuncane kokugoma. Futhi, ukungabibikho kwezivakashi zomhlaba wonke kwenza ukutshalwa kwezimali okungamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-30 komphakathi waseJapane nabaxhasi abayizikhonzi kumoshe kakhulu ngesikhathi lapho izinsiza ziyigugu.
Umeluleki kahulumeni wezokwelapha waseJapan uDkt. Shigeru Omi, wethule ubufakazi ephalamende ukuthi “ukubamba imidlalo phakathi nalolu bhubhane kuyinto engavamile.” Uphinde wathi uma izwe lisesimeni esibucayi, imidlalo “kufanele igwenywe.” Lokhu kukhulisa ingcindezi kuNdunankulu u-Yoshihide Suga ukuthi athathe isinyathelo. Kepha udlulisa imali, eqhathanisa umugqa wokuthi i-IOC iphethe wonke amakhadi njengokuhlehliswa noma ukukhansela. I-IOC ngokuqinisekile idonsa kanzima sengathi iyayenza. Ilungu eliphezulu le-IOC uDick Pound kuleli sonto eledlule ukuthi kuzothatha "i-Armageddon" ukumisa imidlalo. Ingase ingabi khona i-Armagedoni ngaphambi kwemidlalo, kodwa uma iqhubekela phambili, umphumela ngokuqinisekile ungase ube nokuqagela okuseduze.
UDave Zirin ungumbhali wencwadi ethi: "Siyakwamukela ku-Terrordome: Ubuhlungu, Ezombusazwe kanye Nesithembiso Sezemidlalo" (Haymarket). Ungathola ikholomu yakhe i-Edge of Sports, masonto onke ngokuya ku- [i-imeyili ivikelwe].
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