Ipalamente yaseBarbados ivotele kwinyanga ephelileyo ukuba ithathe indawo kaKumkanikazi uElizabeth II kunye neRhuluneli ekhoyo ngoku uSandra Mason njengomongameli wayo wokuqala, evumela ilizwe ukuba lidlule kwimbali yalo njengekoloniyali endala yoBukhosi baseBritane.
UMason uza kufungiswa njengomongameli wokuqala we Barbados ezinzulwini zobusuku namhlanje, isusa inkosi yaseBritane njengentloko yelizwe emva kweenkulungwane ezi-4.
Inkosi ibe yintloko yelizwe phantse iminyaka engama-400, nangona esi siqithi safumana inkululeko kwi-UK ngo-1966. Barbados Iriphabliki, ibhengeza ukuba "amaBarbadians afuna intloko yelizwe laseBarbadian."
IBarbados yiparadesi yezokhenketho kunye nenkcubeko, kwaye olu tshintsho luya kuvela ngokuqinisekileyo kwinyathelo elibalulekileyo lembali kushishino lokuhamba kunye nokhenketho.
“Ekubeni safumana inkululeko kwisiqingatha senkulungwane eyadlulayo, ilizwe lethu alinakuthandabuza ngamandla alo okuzilawula. Lifikile ixesha lokuba siyishiye ngokupheleleyo indlela yethu yobukoloniyali, utshilo uMason ngoSeptemba, ekhusela eli phulo.
The INkosana yaseWales, noyindlalifa kaKumkanikazi, ugaleleke kwesi siqithi kumsitho wokufungiswa kwikomkhulu iBridgetown National Heroes Square.
UKumkanikazi uya kusiyeka ngokusemthethweni isikhundla sakhe ezinzulwini zobusuku, nge-30 kaNovemba ephawula isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-55 Barbados' inkululeko, apho iNkosana uCharles iya kwamkela ngokusesikweni kwixesha elitsha.
Ngaphandle kwesigqibo sesiqithi sokugxotha uKumkanikazi, iNkosana yaseWales ivakalise ithemba lokuba i-UK kunye neBarbados ziyakugcina ubudlelwane obuluqilima, igxininisa "unxibelelwano oluninzi" phakathi kwala mazwe mabini.
IBarbados lilizwe lamva nje leCaribbean ukuba libe yiriphabliki, lijoyine iDominica, iGuyana, kunye neTrinidad neTobago. Ngelixa iJamaica ingakhange ihambe ngokusesikweni ukumisela umongameli, iNkulumbuso u-Andrew Holness uthe uzimisele ukuthatha indawo kaKumkanikazi njengentloko yelizwe.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Mason will be sworn in as the first president of Barbados at midnight tonight, removing the British monarch as its head of state after nearly 4 centuries.
- Despite the island's decision to dismiss the Queen, the Prince of Wales has expressed the hope that the UK and Barbados would maintain strong relations, emphasizing the “myriad connections” between the two countries.
- The Prince of Wales, who is the Queen's heir, has arrived on the island for the swearing-in ceremony in the capital Bridgetown's National Heroes Square.
