Umphathiswa worhulumente waseBritane ojongene nemicimbi yeCommonwealth usikhusele ngamandla isigqibo se-UK sokuzimasa ingqungquthela yeenkokeli zeCommonwealth eSri Lanka ngoNovemba. Umphathiswa, u-Hugo Swire, wayesabela kwiikhwelo zokuba iBritane igxothe okanye ithobe ukumelwa kwayo ngenxa yenkxalabo malunga nelizwe elibambeleyo, iSri Lanka, elijongene nezityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe, ukugxekwa kwerekhodi lamalungelo oluntu kunye nokugxothwa kwesishwankathelo sangaphambili. IJaji eyiNtloko. ICanada sele ivakalise ukuba uNdunankulu wayo, uStephen Harper, akayi kubhikisha kwisigqibo sokubamba iNtlanganiso yeeNtloko zoRhulumente we-Commonwealth (CHOGM) eColombo.
UMnu. Swire uxelele iCommonwealth Journalists Association eLondon ukuba urhulumente uyayazi imbambano yokuba iSri Lanka ibambe le ntlanganiso kwaye wathi, “Asizukuhamba sivale amehlo. Uvumile ukuba umcimbi weSri Lanka isingathe ingqungquthela yonyaka kulo nyaka unzima kakhulu. Ukuba besithetha nabahlobo bethu besingayi kusebenza kakhulu.
Wathi iSri Lanka iphumelele usihlalo kwiminyaka emibini ezayo kwingqungquthela yangaphambili eTrinidad naseTobago kwaye isigqibo savunywa ePerth ngo-2011. UMnu Swire wagxininisa ukuba ubukho be-UK kwi-CHOGM kwakungajoliswanga ukuhlamba urhulumente waseRajapakse kwigolide. ukukhanya. Uthe i-UK iya kuphakamisa iingongoma ezixhalabisayo ezifana nokunyamalala kunye nezinye izinto ezingamkelekanga ezenzeka eSri Lanka. Uthe iNkulumbuso yase-Bhritane, uDavid Cameron, uzakuhamba esiya kumantla eTamil ngexesha lotyelelo lwakhe. Oku kuya kumenza abe yintloko yokuqala karhulumente yangaphandle ukutyelela ummandla ukususela kwimfazwe ekrakra yobuhlanga ekupheleni kwe-2009. Urhulumente waseSri Lankan ujongene nezityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho lwemfazwe ngexesha lokugqibela longquzulwano xa i-UN iqikelela ukuba ukuya kwi-40,000 abemi banokuba nayo. ubulewe.
UMnu. Swire uthe igqiza laseBritane liza kukhatshwa ngumbutho weendaba kwaye baya kuwuxela lo mfanekiso njengoko bewubonile. Uthe iBritane izakuxoxa ngenkqubela eyenziweyo efana nonyulo lwasemantla kunye nokucoca imigodi kodwa iza kuqaqambisa inkxalabo malunga nokunyamalala nokucinezelwa kwenkululeko yamajelo eendaba kunye namalungelo oluntu.
UMnu. Swire uthe urhulumente wase-Bhritane wayeya eSri Lanka ukuya kuxhasa iNkosana yaseWales eya kumela uKumkanikazi, indawo yayisenzeka. UMnu. Swire ugxininise ukuba urhulumente uyibone le ndibano njengethuba leenkokheli zaMazwe ngaMazwe ngamazwe ukuba zihlangane kwaye zixoxe ngophuhliso oluchaphazela onke amazwe angamalungu. "Siza kuyiveza into yokuba intlanganiso imalunga neCommonwealth hayi iSri Lanka kuphela." Uthe iBritane inqwenela ukuxoxa ngemiba efana nophuhliso emva kwexesha le-2015. Uthe ezinye izihloko ziya kuphakanyiswa kwimida yengqungquthela kubandakanywa nokukhathazeka malunga nonyulo lukaMongameli oluphikisanayo eMaldives kunye nesigqibo saseGambia sokurhoxa kwi-Commonwealth.
Xa ebuzwa ukuba yiyiphi iBrithani eya kucinga ukuba yisona siphumo esihle kakhulu sengqungquthela e-Colombo, uMnumzana Swire uthe wayethemba ukuba umshicileli uya kunikwa ukufikelela kwamahhala kunye nokungathintelwanga kunye nemibuzo malunga nokunyamalala kweentatheli ziya kulungiswa; nokuba izithembiso ezenziwe ngoxolelwaniso nolwakhiwo ngokutsha ziya kuzalisekiswa; ukukhanya kuya kuphoswa ekubambeleleni kweSri Lanka kwi-Commonwealth Charter kwaye siza kubona iphondo elisemantla elikhulayo phantsi korhulumente walo wephondo osanda kufakwa. UMnu. Swire uthe wayecinga ukuba ingqungquthela ye-Commonwealth ayinakuphikisana kunokuba ilindeleke. Uthe iSri Lanka iyakuqaphela ukuba amehlo ehlabathi azakube ethe ntsho kuyo kwaye ifuna ukuzibeka kwimeko entle. Uthe iBritane iya kuxela into eyifumeneyo - elungileyo nembi. Waqukumbela ngalo mbuzo – yintoni eza kuzuzwa yiBritane ngokungayi kule ngqungquthela?
