Kuleli sonto, i-Kingdom of Tonga ilungiselela umshado kanokusho. Owesikhombisa esihlalweni sobukhosi, uFanetupouvavaโu Tuita, 29, ngoLwesine uzoshada noKiu Kaho, induna yebutho uyise oyisicukuthwane, uTuโivakano, futhi engumzala womndeni wasebukhosini. U-Tuita uyindodakazi yesibili kasozigidi ongu-Princess Pilolevu Tuita ophethe inkampani yezokuxhumana ngesathelayithi i-Tongasat ephuma e-Hong Kong.
Umfowabo omdala weNkosazana yiNkosi uGeorge Tupou V. Isikhungo sezingxoxo sibonakala siyindandatho enhle kakhulu ye-18-karat yokuthembisana ezungezwe amadayimane, kodwa iningi lezakhamizi zaseTongan liyabuza ukuthi ngabe le yindlela yokusebenzisa imali yini ezweni, elibhekene nokungaqiniseki ukuwohloka kwezimali okungenzeka.
UThonga uphukile futhi udidekile. Ngonyaka odlule ngoNovemba, isixuku esasikhungathekile ikakhulukazi esihlanganisa intsha engasebenzi sacekela phansi ingxenye enkulu yedolobha lenhloko-dolobha - iNuku'alofa. Okungenani kushone imiphefumulo eyisithupha ngenxa yomlilo wesitolo esicekelwe phansi. Abanye abavukeli babengamalungu eqembu lezigelekeqe lasePolynesia azinze eCalifornia, adingiswa e-United States. Abanye kuthiwa babelwela intando yeningi, bephikisana nenye yezinhlelo ezisalele emuva nezicindezela kakhulu emhlabeni. Noma ngabe isiphi isizinda sodlame lwangonyaka odlule, kubonakala sengathi amaqembu aphikisayo namanje awakakwazi ukuqhamuka nohlelo oluhlangene lokulwa nobukhosi kanye ne-feudalism.
UMnu. Faleata ophethe amabhizinisi amancane ahlobene nokuhamba eziQhingini zaseVava'u (amakhilomitha angaba ngu-400 ukusuka enhloko-dolobha) akakholelwa ukuthi izinguquko zizofika ngezindlela ezinokuthula: โLonke uhlelo, kodwa ikakhulukazi izicukuthwane, zisebenzisa ithuba lethu. abantu. Lapho abacebile benquma ukwenza iphathi enkulu noma ukuhlela umshado, abantu abampofu kufanele babanikeze ukudla nezipho. Yini abampofu abayitholayo ngokuhwebelana? Lutho. Kuwuhlelo lokuzithoba nokuxhashazwa. Nyakenye ngoNovemba asibanga nazibhelu lapha eVavaโu. Kodwa cishe bonke abantu bakithi bayeseka inhlangano esekela intando yeningi. Uma kungekho zinguquko ezizayo maduze, izwe lonke lingaba nodlame ngezinga elikhulu kunangonyaka odlule.โ
Esikhumulweni sezindiza esincane seVavaโu Group, i-ejenti ye-Airlines Tonga ithuka obala abagibeli, abantu bendawo nabangaphandle. Ube eseqinisekisa abagibeli abebephume endizeni egcwele ngokweqile, wabiza unogada ukuthi akhiphe labo abazama ukubhikisha. Akukho sinxephezelo esinikezwayo, akukho kuxolisa okunikezwayo. โAngenza noma yini ayifunayo,โ kuchaza omunye wezakhamuzi. โUngumalokazana wePeopleโs Representative yaseVavaโu. Akekho ongaba nesibindi sokuphakamisa ukuthi axoshwe.โ
Emuva eNukuโalofa, omunye wamalungu enhlangano โesekela intando yeningi,โ uMnu. Hapu Mafi, uchaza umbono wakhe: โLo hulumeni akazi ukuthi yini okufanele ayenze. Iqiniso lokuthi manje seliqasha abeluleki abaningi bangaphandle likhombisa ukuthi alazi ukuthi lingazixazulula kanjani izinkinga. Iningi labantu bakithi lisekela inhlangano esekela intando yeningi, kodwa uNdunankulu kanye nongqongqoshe bavikela isimo esikhona.โ
โUhlelo esinalo manje belubalulekile phambilini, kodwa wonke umphakathi kumele uthuthuke. OThongathi sakhulela ohlelweni lapho kwagxivizwa ezingqondweni zethu ukuthi izicukuthwane zizonakekela umphakathi. Isebenze kahle emnothweni oqhubekayo, kodwa hhayi kulowo obuswa imakethe. Kulezi zinsuku, izikhulu azenzi lutho; bavele bahlale ezinkomponi zabo futhi basebenzise iningi labantu bakithi. Asifuni ukuhlakaza ubukhosi ngokugcwele, kodwa neNkosi yethu kufanele iphendule kubantu. Okufanayo nangesabelomali: Abantu baseTonga bayakhokhiswa intela futhi batshelwa ukuthi ukukhokha intela kuwumsebenzi wabo, kodwa uhulumeni kufanele aphendule kubantu futhi aphumele obala ngokuthi imali isetshenziswa kanjani.โ
โInhlangano elwela intando yeningi ayigculisekile neze ngabaholi bezenkolo, ababonakala bezimisele ngokukhipha imali emindenini, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi amalungu abo ampofu kangakanani. Abantu bakithi bayahlupheka nobunzima. Izinga lokwehla kwamandla emali liphezulu. Izinga lokuphila kwabantu baseTonga liyehla. Asifuni ukubhebhethekisa izibhelu. Sifuna ukuphila ngokuthula. Kodwa kufanele kube nesixazululo sezinkinga zamanje. Nesineke siyaphela.โ
Isimo sezulu siyashuba emigwaqweni yenhloko-dolobha iNukuโalofa. Amaqembu abantu abasha abangasebenzi abuthana ngokungenanjongo ezimpambanweni zomgwaqo ezinkulu. Iningi lezitolo ezisenkabeni yedolobha lalungiswa phansi, kanjalo nesinema esinezikrini eziningi kuphela ezweni.
Ezokuvakasha zawa cishe ngokuphelele. I-Tongan National Centre kanye ne-National Museum cishe ayinalutho; i-miniscule expatriate umphakathi ohlanganisa ikakhulukazi abeluleki bangaphandle kanye nabasebenzi bosizo abavakashela kancane amakhefi ambalwa asaphila.
Ipaki elizungeze iWar Memorial manje selithathwe amasosha aseTongan, evikela esinye sezigodlo zasebukhosini (nakuba iNkosi yasishiya isigodlo sasendulo maphakathi nedolobha, yathuthela endlini ewubukhazikhazi yesitayela saseCalifornia emaphethelweni). Njengoba inabantu abangaphansi kwezinkulungwane eziyi-100, i-Kingdom of Tonga njengamanje inamasosha angaphezu kuka-700, nakuba ingenazo izingxabano zamazwe ngamazwe ezaziwayo. Abanye abangu-800 bazoqashwa kulo nyaka. UNgqongqoshe wezeMfundo uke wezwakala encokola ethi nakanjani izwe lakhe liqasha amasosha kunothisha.
Ngempela, isimo saseTonga sifiphele. Ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi kuphezulu kanjalo nokwehla kwamandla emali. Empeleni, izwe layeka ukukhiqiza, kuncike ekutheni lisaphila ngemali ephumayo kanye nosizo lwangaphandle. Njengamanje kunamaTonga amaningi ahlala phesheya kunaseMbusweni ngokwawo (okuyinto engavamile ukwenzeka ePacific). Izinkomba zezenhlalo nezemfundo beziyoba mnyama, ngabe izikhulu zikahulumeni bezingeke zizisebenzise. Ubumpofu bugcwele yonke indawo enhloko-dolobha nasemaphandleni.
I-Economist yavakashela eTonga ngoMashi 2007, ikunikeza isilinganiso esihle kakhulu: "Ngemuva kwekhulunyaka lokubusa kobukhosi, lapho ubukhosi bavikela amandla abo ngezinsolo zokuthi uhulumeni ngoquqaba uzokhombisa "inkohlakalo", abaholi bezepolitiki baqhamuka ukuthi intando yeningi eyengeziwe iyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuhlola ukuphatha budedengu kanye nokwenza ngcono izinga lokuphila lamaTonga. Kuze kube muva nje, iKhabhinethi belibunjwe yilabo abaqokwe yinkosi ngokuphelele, kanti abangu-30 kuphela abaqokelwe ukuqokwa abaningi abebehlezi esigungwini sezomthetho esinamalungu angama-12, behambisana nezicukuthwane eziyisishiyagalolunye namalungu ayi-XNUMX aqokwe yinkosi.
Uhulumeni wasebukhosini wasaphaza imali ngendiza engafanele kanye nemikhumbi yemikhumbi, futhi ingxenye enkulu yama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-56 ayithola ekuthengiseni amaphasipoti yachithwa ekutshalweni kwezimali okungekuhle yisikhohlakali saseMelika esivakashile esiqokwe inkosi โnjengomkhohlisiโ wakhe. Ukuthi umndeni wasebukhosini nawo uhlomule ekutshalweni kwezimali okukhulu kwemboni ezimele-okuhlanganisa ubunikazi bemboni yomakhalekhukhwini, ithelevishini yezintambo, indawo yokuphuza utshwala kanye nokukhushulwa komphakathi kukagesi. Ubukhosi baphendule ngohlelo lokuguqulwa kwe-pragmatic olwaqala ngaphambi kokungena kweNkosi uGeorge Tupou V esihlalweni sobukhosi ngo-September 2006. Amalungu akhethiwe ephalamende avunyelwe ukungena kwiKhabhinethi, futhi okokuqala ngqa eminyakeni eyikhulu "commoner", uFred. Sevele, waba undunankulu.โ
Kodwa uFred Sevele kusolakala ukuthi uxhumene nomndeni wasebukhosini ngobungane obuhlala isikhathi eside kanye nezintshisekelo ezifanayo zezimali. Mayelana nezakhamizi eziningi zaseTonga, izinguquko ezisanda kwethulwa azihambanga ngokwanele. Ukudumala ngama-elite wendawo kuyakhula futhi ukungezwani kusongela ukuqhuma, eyodwa futhi, ngaphandle kwesixwayiso.
Amanye amaTonga angamalungu eqembu elincane kodwa elinamandla ongqondongqondo badumele ngakho kokubili isigaba esibusayo futhi esibizwa kanjalo ngenhlangano esekela intando yeningi. Omunye wabo nguNkz. Kulala Unu, uthishanhloko wesikole iTonga High School, isikhungo esisezingeni eliphezulu esinabafundi abangu-1.400, esifundise izikhulu zikahulumeni kanye nabaholi โbenhlangano esekela intando yeningiโ.
โNgingathanda ukubona imfundo yezomphakathi iyanda ezweni lamiโ, kuchaza uNksz Kulala Unu. โNgingathanda ukuthi abantu bakithi baqonde ukuthi iyini intando yeningi nokuthi yini abafuna ukuyizuza. Ngeshwa, esikusho ngoNovemba 2006 kwakuyizibhelu nje. Futhi ngiyakuzonda ukukusho, kodwa ikakhulukazi bashiswa ukucwasa. I-80% yendawo yedolobha yayicekeleke phansi, kodwa okwakuhloswe ekuqaleni kwakungamabhizinisi aseShayina. Leli zwe lithola usizo olukhulu oluvela e-Peopleโs Republic of China. Nalesi sikole sasakhiwe ngemali yamaShayina. Abafundisi abaningana baseShayina bebefundisa lapha. Kepha kunomona ngabokufika baseShayina abasebenza kanzima. Ngemva nje kwezibhelu kwaba nezinkulumo zokuthi osomabhizinisi abaningi bendawo bakhokhela izingane imali ukuze zicekele phansi izitolo zamaShayina.โ
Noma ngabe yiziphi izizathu, kodwa enye yezinqaba zokugcina emhlabeni iyazamazama, izindonga zayo ziyawa. AbakwaTongan baqonda ukuthi abantu abavelele babefihla amaqiniso mayelana nokuxhashazwa kwabo ngesihluku ngeziqubulo ezinjengokuthi โisiko namasikoโ. Uma amaTonga ewina impi yawo yentando yeningi yeqiniso, amanye amazwe acindezelwe esifundeni, okuhlanganisa neSamoa, angase alandele.
Kodwa okokuqala, amalungu eqembu eliphikisayo laseTonga kuzomele anqume ukuthi yiziphi izinjongo zawo, yini ngempela ayilwelayo. Akungabazeki ukuthi izicukuthwane zamaTonga zinenkohlakalo. Akungabazeki ukuthi izicukuthwane bezixhaphaza iningi lamaTonga amashumi eminyaka. Kodwa hlobo luni lomphakathi abaphikisayo abafuna ukwakha? E-Tonga, akukho kukhulunywa โngobulungiswa bezenhlaloโ kanye โnokulinganaโ, okwamanje. Ayikho ingxoxo mayelana nezwe. Kodwa kuvame ukuba nomuzwa wokuthi la magama acishe abe seqhulwini olimini lwamaTonga amaningi futhi kuyindaba nje yesikhathi lapho ezophinyiselwa futhi asetshenziswe khona.
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