AmaDemocrats angamashumi amathathu nanhlanu eNdlu ana wathumela incwadi kuMmeli Jikelele u-Loretta Lynch emnxusa ukuthi aqoke uMeluleki Okhethekile ozimele ngoba Donald Trump "Uzibandakanye kaningi ezenzweni ezakha inqubomgomo yangaphandle engagunyaziwe ephula uMthetho we-Logan."

Kusukela ngo-1799, umthetho kuholele ekubekweni kwecala elilodwa (ngesikhathi sobumongameli bukaThomas Jefferson) futhi akukho ukugwetshwa. Kodwa i-Logan Act isalokhu iyisimiso esikahle sokubonisana nabaphazamisi bemithetho yangaphandle yenqubomgomo.

NgoJanuwari 12 Incwadi - ukuthembela ku-arcane kanye nensalela yomthetho exegayo - yisibonelo sethuba elingenalo ngisho ithuba. Okubi nakakhulu, umzamo wokukhuthaza isenzo soMnyango Wezobulungiswa esingasungula isibonelo esiyingozi.

Lapho incwadi ithi “ezimweni eziningi izenzo zikaMnu. Trump zingqubuzana ngokuqondile futhi zibukela phansi izikhundla ezisemthethweni zikahulumeni wase-United States,” isikhalazo asisho lutho. Ezimpilweni zethu, izakhamizi ezizimele ezingenakubalwa - kanye namalungu ambalwa eCongress - ziye zafuna ukuphambana nokubukela phansi izikhundla ezisemthethweni zase-US. Ngokuvamile lokho kuye kwaba ngcono.

Amalungu eCongress asayine incwadi kufanele akwazi lokho. Abaningi bahambisana ngokusobala nohlobo lokuphikiswa obelukhona - futhi oluzoba - lubalulekile ukudonsa leli lizwe lisuke ezimpini eziyinhlekelele phesheya kwezilwandle. Ngaphezu kwesigamu sabasayini bencwadi - 19 kwabangu-35 - baseCongressional Progressive Caucus.

Kufanele kube sobala ukuthi uMthetho we-Logan uphikisana nenkululeko yokukhuluma nezinye izinkululeko ezibalulekile. Umthetho uhlinzekela iminyaka efinyelela kwemithathu ejele “kunoma yisiphi isakhamuzi sase-United States” okuthi - ngaphandle kwemvume evela kuhulumeni wase-US - "ngokuqondile noma ngokungaqondile siqale noma senze noma yikuphi ukuxhumana noma ukuxhumana nanoma yimuphi uhulumeni wangaphandle," ngenhloso yokuba nomthelela. lowo hulumeni “ngokuphathelene nezingxabano noma izingxabano ne-United States.”

USteve Vladeck, uprofesa wezomthetho eNyuvesi yaseTexas, uveza ukuthi Izichibiyelo Zokuqala Nesesihlanu “azibukeki zimnene kakhulu emigomeni esekelwe kokuqukethwe enkulumweni (okuyinto uMthetho we-Logan ngokusobala oyikho), noma imithetho yobugebengu engawuvezi ngokucacile umugqa phakathi kokuziphatha okusemthethweni nokungekho emthethweni (okungenzeka uMthetho we-Logan kuhle ungakwenzi)."

Emashumini eminyaka amuva nje, i-specter ye-Logan Act isetshenziswe ukusongela izishayamthetho eziphume ngaphandle kwemingcele yenqubomgomo yokuphatha. Ngo-1975, uSens. George McGovern noJohn Sparkman babhekana nezinsolo zokuthi wephule uMthetho ngokuya eHavana futhi ukhulume nezikhulu zaseCuba. Ngo-1984, uMongameli uRonald Reagan wathi imizamo kaJesse Jackson eCuba naseNicaragua kungenzeka yephule uMthetho we-Logan.

Kamuva ngeminyaka yawo-1980s, uMkhandlu Kazwelonke Wezokuphepha kaReagan wacabanga ukucela uMthetho we-Logan ukuthi umise ukuzibandakanya kukaSomlomo weNdlu uJim Wright ezingxoxweni phakathi kukahulumeni wamaSandinista namabutho e-Contra i-CIA eyazenza zaba nokwenzeka eNicaragua. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili kamuva, ngo-2007, esinye isikhulumi seNdlu - uNancy Pelosi - wabhekana nezinsolo zokuthi uzophambana noMthetho weLogan ngokuya eDamaseku futhi waxoxisana noMongameli waseSyria uBashar al-Assad.

Manje, kuyadabukisa ukubona inqwaba yamaDemocrats ezama ukuphonsa umthetho we-Logan kuTrump lapho kunezindaba eziningi ezibalulekile okufanele zidingidwe - ezempilo, amalungelo omphakathi, ukuvikelwa kwemvelo, izinhlelo zomphakathi nokunye okuningi. Nakuba inqwaba yezindaba ezisemthethweni nezijulile ziseduze - kunesidingo esiphuthumayo sokugxila ekuvimbeleni i-ajenda yezomthetho ye-GOP - incwadi efuna uphenyo lwe-Logan Act ngoTrump iyisibonelo sentshiseko yeqembu eliphikisayo.

Umbono wokuthi isakhamuzi saseMelika - noma ngabe uDonald Trump, uJesse Jackson noma omunye umuntu - akanalo ilungelo lokuxoxisana nezikhulu zohulumeni bangaphandle uyingozi futhi awunantando yeningi. Kufanele sigomele lelo lungelo, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi ubani oseHhovisi Le-Oval.

Nakuba amanye amalungu eCongress ecasulwe ukuthi izenzo zikaTrump “ziphambana ngokuqondile futhi zibukela phansi izikhundla ezisemthethweni zikahulumeni wase-United States,” umlando wenqubomgomo yezangaphandle yase-US uxwayisa ngokuzithoba ngokuzenzakalelayo ezikhundleni ezisemthethweni zase-US. Izakhamizi bezihlale zihlakaniphile uma zifuna ukuphambana nokubukela phansi izikhundla zikahulumeni wase-US.

Namuhla, amabutho agxilile eWashington asazibophezele kuzinqubomgomo zangaphandle ngokuhambisana nalokho uMartin Luther King Jr. akubiza ngokuthi "ubuhlanya bezempi" kunobuhlakani bombuso bezokuxhumana bangempela. Izakhamizi kufanele zihlehle ngokumelene nezikhulu kunoma yikuphi ekupheleni kwe-Pennsylvania Avenue ezicaphuna uMthetho we-Logan njengempikiswano yokuvumelana noma ziwusebenzise njengethuluzi lokusabisa.

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