Ucocekile: Ukukhusela idemokhrasi ekuthinjweni

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Ukuba u-Mohamed Nasheed, owayesakuba nguMongameli waseMaldives, wayeyikati. ngewayebusebenzise ubomi bakhe obusithoba ngoku. Ethetha kwiSikolo saseMpuma nakwiZifundo zase-Afrika eLondon, uNasheed uthe waphantse waphulukana nenani lamatyeli awawavalelwa entolongweni, wayecinga ukuba malunga nezihlandlo ezili-14.

Ukupheliswa kuka-Nasheed ngoku ekuthinjweni kufikelele esiphelweni ngokoyiswa okungalindelekanga nge-23 kaSeptemba kurhulumente wase-Yameen Gayoom owayephelise ipalamente kunye nenkundla ephezulu esebenzisa umkhosi kunye nokuvalela zonke iinkokheli zenkcaso. UNasheed ukhululekile kwakhona ukuba abuyele ekhaya kwaye adlale indima kurhulumente omtsha.

UNasheed uthe: “Ubomi bam obuninzi kubonakala ngathi ibingumnyango ojikelezayo phakathi kweofisi yezopolitiko, ijele, ukugxothelwa e-UK, nokubuya. Sakubhenca ukuphathwa gadalala ekhaya saza safumana abagcini zincwadi ukuba bachaze ukuxhatshazwa kukaYameen kunye nenkohlakalo. NgoJanuwari, imikhosi ka-Yameen yahlasela iNkundla ePhakamileyo yaza yathimba iJaji eyiNtloko, yamrhuqa phantsi ngetayi yakhe. Iqela lezitrato lalikhutshwa kubaphembeleli kunye nabaxhasi. Ngaphandle kwezi zinto zigqithisileyo, inkcaso yamanyana emva kwenkokeli ye-Maldivian Democratic Party. Ngenxa yoko, kunyulo lukaSeptemba, u-Yameen, owayecinga ukuba uzakuphumelela ngokulula, waphulukana nobunzima. Umbutho ophikisayo ubumbene emva kwenkokeli ye-MDP.

Kwi-Nasheed, le ibeyindlela eqhelekileyo. Ihlala ibizwa ngokuba "nguMandela waseMaldives," u-Mohamed Nasheed uhlala eyintshatsheli yokukhuthaza amalungelo oluntu kunye nedemokhrasi kumazwe amaSilamsi kunye ne icon yezizwe ngezizwe yezenzo zemozulu. Intatheli eyayisakuba ngumlobi wamalungelo oluntu, uNasheed wakhokela iphulo lokungathobeli umthetho ngokuchasene nomlawuli wase-Asiya okhe wakhokelela ekubanjweni kwakhe, ukuvalelwa entolongweni kunye nokungcungcuthekiswa ngenxa yeenkolelo zakhe zopolitiko. Ngeminyaka yoxolo kwezopolitiko, waphumelela ekucinezeleni uzwilakhe uMaumoon Gayoom ukuba avumele ubuninzi bezopolitiko kwaye, kulandela unyulo luka-2008 olukhululekileyo nolunobulungisa, uNasheed wanyulwa njengo-Mongameli, etshayela iminyaka engama-30 yolawulo lomntu omnye.

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Njengoko uNasheed kunye nabaxhasi bakhe beyichaza, le ntsingiselo yedemokhrasi yachithwa ngo-2012 ngumbhikisho owawubandakanya izinto ezichasene nedemokhrasi, ezinyanisekileyo kubuzwilakhe bangaphambili, emkhosini nasemapoliseni. U-Nasheed emva koko wagwetywa iminyaka eli-13 entolongweni, eyachaswa kwihlabathi liphela njengesixhobo esivulekileyo sokumthintela ekuceliseni umngeni kuRhulumente wase-Beijing u-Yameen Gayoom kwiipolitiki ezizayo.

Ukuhlala elubhacweni phakathi kweColombo, iSri Lanka, neLondon, uNasheed wakhokela iinzame zenkcaso ezibandakanya ukwakha umanyano lwamaqela amaninzi, ukulungelelanisa ubutshantliziyo belizwe lonke, ukubandakanyeka kweendaba zosasazo kunye namanyathelo oonozakuzaku bamanye amazwe.

UNasheed ukhumbula ukuba ngeminyaka apho uGayoom wayesemandleni, kwakungekho themba lokwakha iqela eliphikisayo eMaldives. Yonke imizamo engaguqukiyo ikhokelela entolongweni kunye nokuhlushwa. Ekuphela kwendlela awayekwazi ngayo ukunyusa iphulo eliphikisayo elisebenzayo lelokuphuma ngaphandle kwelizwe kunye nokuxhasa inkxaso evela phesheya.

Luphawu lobume obuxakekileyo bezopolitiko eMaldives apho uNasheed wazimanya khona nomcinezeli wakhe wangaphambili, Maumoon Gayoom, owayevalelwe ngumninawa wakhe, uYameen. Akukho lula ukulandela ukuba awuqhelananga nelizwe.

Emva kokuchitha ixesha elininzi lobomi bakhe elubhacweni, uNasheed uthe ufundile ukuba kwilizwe elinjengeMaldives unokuzisa utshintsho ngemisebenzi yoxolo evela phesheya. "Ukuba usifaka entolongweni, usinika nje ixesha elininzi lokucinga." Uye wathi umntu uhlala esiva ingxoxo yokuba abantu base-Asiya bathanda inkokeli eyomeleleyo. Watsho ukuba oku bekungenjalo eMaldives okanye nakwilizwe elifana neMalaysia. Wonke umntu ufuna uphahla, indawo yokuhlala, imfundo yabantwana bakhe, ukutya kunye namalungelo edemokhrasi. Sukuyithathela ingqalelo idemokhrasi yakho. kwaye usincede sizise utshintsho ekhaya. ”

U-Nasheed uhlala ebuzwa ukuba kunjani ukuhlala elubhacweni. Uthi kwimeko yakhe akazange anqwenele ukuba se-UK kwaye angathanda ukuba sekhaya. “Ulangazelela ikhaya lakho. kwaye uyakhunjuzwa ngalo lonke ixesha. … Kum, ikhaya lihlala likuwe, kwaye uyahamba nalo. ” Uye wabulela i-UK ngenkxaso yayo, kodwa wathi ilanga liyakhanya kwilizwe lakhe kwakhona, kwaye lixesha lokuba abuyele.

U-Nasheed uvumile ukuba inikwe imbali yeMaldives, akukho nto inokuthathwa ngokungenamsebenzi; bekukho imiceli mngeni nosongelo ngaphambili. Uthe izinto eziphambili kurhulumente omtsha kumgaqo-nkqubo wezasekhaya iya kuba luhlengahlengiso kwezomthetho kunye nokhuselo lokusingqongileyo.

Umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle, utshilo, uya kubunjwa ngumdla welizwe laseMaldives, kwaye ilizwe liya kuzama ukulinganisa amakhonkco ne China ne India. Ebhekisa kwinkxalabo yokuba iinjongo zase China yayikukusebenzisa iiMaldives njengesiseko kuLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, uNasheed uphawule ukuba le yingxaki ebanzi engaphelelanga kwiiMaldives.

Kukho iingxaki eziqhubekayo malunga ne-Islam eguqukileyo yokufumana indawo eMaldives phantsi korhulumente waseYameen. Abalindi abangama-200 babehambe besuka eMaldives ukuya kulwa eSyria. Ngokwendalo oku kukhokelele kuloyiko lokuba abagabadeli benkolo bayakuqinisa ukubamba kwabo xa aba balwi bebuya. UNasheed unike isiqinisekiso sokuba uMongameli omtsha akazukuyivumela le nto yenzeke.

U-Nasheed wenze ingxelo ekhuthazayo malunga nokususa izithintelo kumalungelo oluntu, inkululeko yokuthetha, kunye namanye amanyathelo acinezelayo aziswe ngurhulumente waseYameen. Uye wathi iMaldives ingathanda ukuphinda ijoyine i-Commonwealth. U-Nasheed wayedanile kwixesha elidlulileyo kwinto awayeyibona njengonqongophalo lwenkxaso kwi-Commonwealth xa wanyanzelwa ukuba ashiye isikhundla sakhe ngo-2012. Uthe unethemba lokuba kweli ityeli iCommonwealth izakuphumeza izibophelelo zayo.

Ngexesha lakhe e-ofisini nasemva koko, uNasheed wadlala indima ebonakalayo ekukhuthazeni isenzo sezulu. Ukuqaqambisa ukuba semngciphekweni kweMaldives ekunyuseni amanqanaba olwandle, wayedume ngokubamba intlanganiso yekhabhinethi yakhe phantsi kwamanzi. Njengomzabalazo ovalelweyo, uNasheed wabizwa njenge-Amnesty International "Ibanjwa lesazela," kwaye emva koko, iNewsweek yambiza njengenye yeenkokheli ezi-10 eziPhambili zeHlabathi. Iphephancwadi iTime labhengeza ukuba uMongameli Nasheed “uliQhawe kwezeNdalo,” kwaye iZizwe eziManyeneyo zimwonge ngembasa “yeentshatsheli zomhlaba”. Kwi-2012, kulandela "ukubhukuqa," uNasheed wanikwa iwonga elidumileyo leJacob Lawson Award ngezenzo zobundlobongela ezingenabundlobongela. Ngo-2014, uNasheed wonyulwa njengo-Mongameli we-Maldivian Democratic Party. Kule nyanga, wabhengeza izicwangciso zokubuyela ekhaya eMaldives emva kokuhlala elubhacweni iminyaka emibini enesiqingatha emva kokuphumelela konyulo lweqela lakhe kunye noloyiso lolawulo olwalususile lwaza lwamvalela.

U-Nasheed uzibona njengobungqina obuphilayo bokuba kunokwenzeka ukugcina umoya wentando yesininzi uphila ekuthinjweni. Uthi iMaldives sisifundo semiceli mngeni ekoyiseni abalindi abadala abahlala ngaphakathi kwidemokhrasi esencinci kunye nokugcina ulawulo lwelizwe phakathi kukhuphiswano olwandayo lwe-geopolitiki kwingingqi ye-Indian Ocean. Ngethemba, xa uNasheed ebuyela eMaldives, ngeli xesha uzakube ekhona ixesha elide.

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