EBARCELONA, eSpain - Abahlali baseBarcelona bangene ezitalatweni befuna ukuba abasemagunyeni benze okungakumbi ukulwa nokuziphatha okungathandekiyo kwabanye abatyeleli esixekweni.
Inqaku eliphambili yayibathathu abakhenkethi abahamba ze baseItali. Njengoko iifoto zeli qela lidlala kwindawo yaseLa Barceloneta kusasa ngoLwesihlanu odlulileyo zisasazwa kumakhasi onxibelelwano, abanye abahlali bathi abasakwazi ukuyinyamezela.
Ikhulu okanye ngaphezulu abahlali baseBarcelona baye ezitratweni kuqhanqalazo oluzenzekelayo kule veki, befuna ukuba abasemagunyeni bakamasipala benze okungakumbi ukunceda into abayibiza ngokuba sisibetho “sokhenketho olunxilileyo”.
UVens Forner uxelele uEl País: “Apha abakhenkethi benza nantoni na abayifunayo. Umfoti wasekhaya, yayinguye owayefota iifoto zabakhenkethi base-Italiya njengoko babezulazula kwindawo yakhe kangangeeyure ezintathu benqunu- bade bangena kwivenkile yasekuhlaleni- ngelixa abahlali abothukileyo babejonge.
Abakhenkethi beze yaba sisiganeko samva nje kwincoko eqhubekayo iBarcelona ineminyaka yakutshanje malunga nenani kunye nohlobo lwabakhenkethi abatyelela esi sixeko. Inani labakhenkethi abatyelelayo liye lantinga kakhulu kwiminyaka yakutshanje, lisuka kwi-1.7 lesigidi ngo-1990 laya kutsho ngaphezu kwe-7.4 yezigidi ngowama-2012. malunga nengxolo, ubunqunu, ukunxila esidlangalaleni kunye nokulahla inkunkuma.
“Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wakho ukwindlu encinane, enabantwana abathathu, ongaphangeliyo ongenamali yokuya eholideyini yaye kufuneka unyamezele isikhalo sabakhenkethi kwabamelwane. Ayinyamezeleki,” utshilo umhlali uAndrés Antebi.
Abasemagunyeni kumasipala baye bacotha ukulungisa le meko, batsho abamelwane. “Sidiniwe lukhenketho olubiza ixabiso eliphantsi, olunxilileyo,” utshilo u-Oriol Casabella, okhokela umbutho wasebumelwaneni waseLa Barceloneta. “Kubulala indawo esihlala kuyo kwaye kuthintele ezinye iintlobo zabakhenkethi. NguMagaluf kwakhona.”
Olunye uqhanqalazo kule veki lubone abantu bendawo besiya ezitalatweni bexhobe ngemephu eyenziwe ekhaya, bechaza indawo yezindlu ezirentwayo kubakhenkethi. Abaqhankqalazi baye bakhangela abanini bezi lethi zabakhenkethi, baqubisana nabo bababongoza ukuba bavale amashishini abo ukuze kulungelwe ubumelwane. Ngelixa amagosa kamasipala esithi kukho i-72 yokurenta abakhenkethi abanelayisensi eLa Barceloneta, ukukhangela okukhawulezayo kweengosi zokurenta kwi-intanethi njenge-Airbnb kubonisa ukuba bangaphezu kwama-600 abakhenkethi abafumaneka kule ndawo.
NgoLwesithathu, uceba wesixeko saseLa Barceloneta, uMercè Homs, wazama ukuthomalalisa imeko. Ethetha neentatheli, uthe umasipala uza kwamkela umgaqo-nkqubo “wokunganyamezeli nto” ekuziphatheni okuchasene noluntu kwaye abahlali bazakufumana inkxaso kumagosa edolophu ukuze bajongane nale meko. Uthembise ukuhlala phantsi nabahlali baseLa Barceloneta ngoSeptemba kwaye waphawula ukuba kwezi ntsuku zimbalwa zidlulileyo isixeko sonyusile ubukho bamapolisa ebumelwaneni. Wongeze wathi: “Sisebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuba irenti yabakhenkethi ayivelisi ingxolo okanye ikhathaze abamelwane.”
