Umfanekiso weNkululeko, owadalwa ngumkroli ongumFrentshi uFrederic Auguste Bartholdi kwaye wakhiwa nguGustave Eiffel, waziswa eUnited States ukubhiyozela iminyaka elikhulu yokuzimela kweMelika. Ukususela ekutyhilweni kwayo ngo-1886, isebenze njengophawu olunamandla lwenkululeko kunye nokukhanya okukhokelayo kwabaphambukeli abafuna ikamva elingcono.
Izolo iLungu lesiFrentshi lePalamente yaseYurophu (MEP) licele iUnited States ukuba ibuyisele iSitatimende seNkululeko eFransi.
Eqinisekisa ukuba utshintsho lomgaqo-nkqubo wamva nje phantsi koMongameli uDonald Trump luyangqubana neziseko ezingundoqo eziqulathwe sisikhumbuzo, i-MEP yaseFransi uRaphael Glucksmann, unyana wentanda-bulumko engasekhoyo u-Andre Glucksmann, uvakalise ukugxeka kwakhe imigaqo-nkqubo kaTrump, ngakumbi iinzame zakhe zokunikezela nge-Ukraine eRussia, kwaye watyhola abantu baseMelika “ngokulungelelana neqela lakhe lendibano izolo”.
Uthethe nabaphulaphuli ababenomdla, esithi, "Siza kudlulisela kwabo bantu baseMelika bazimanya noozwilakhe, kwabo bagxothileyo abaphandi ngokumela inkululeko yesayensi: Buyela kuthi umfanekiso weNkululeko."
“Sininike njengesipho, kodwa kuyabonakala ukuba niyayidela. Ke kuya kuba kuhle apha ekhaya, ”utshilo ummeli waseFransi.
Izimvo zakhe zeza phakathi kweenkxalabo ezikhulayo malunga nekamva lokhuseleko lwaseYurophu kunye nokuwohloka kwedemokhrasi eMelika, eziye zandiswa ngexesha likaDonald Trump njengomongameli.
Ukusukela oko wathatha isikhundla sakhe ngoJanuwari, ngo-2025, uTrump uzame ngamandla ukudiliza iiarhente zikarhulumente wase-US ukongeza ekuphumezeni amanyathelo angqongqo ngokuchasene nokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe kunye nokumisa iinkqubo zoncedo zangaphandle ezingahambelani ne-ajenda yakhe 'yaseMelika kuqala'.
Imiyalelo yesigqeba sikaTrump ikwajolise ekuthinteleni inkxaso-mali yomanyano kuphando lwemozulu kunye nezifundo zesini.
“Inqaku elilandelayo esinqwenela ukulidlulisela kubantu baseMelika yile: Ukuba ukhetha ukugxotha abona baphandi bakho banesiphiwo—abo bantu inkululeko yabo, umoya wokwenza izinto ezintsha, nokuthanda ukwazi kube negalelo ekumiseleni ilizwe lakho njengelona gunya libalaseleyo lehlabathi—siya kubamkela ngovuyo,” wongeze watsho uGlucksmann.
UGlucksmann ukwavakalise ukugxeka kwiinkokeli zeManyano yaseYurophu, kubandakanya uMongameli waseFransi u-Emmanuel Macron ngenkxaso “enganelanga” yomkhosi kunye nezoqoqosho e-Ukraine kumlo wokulwa nohlaselo lwaseRussia, kwaye ugwebe iinkokeli zasekunene eFransi, ezibiza ngokuba “yiklabhu yabalandeli” kaTrump noMusk.
Namhlanje, kwinkomfa yabezindaba, Unobhala we-White House Press uKaroline Leavitt uthe i-United States "ayizukuyibuyisela ngokupheleleyo" iSitatimende seNkululeko eFransi.
“Kungenxa yeUnited States of America le nto amaFrentshi angathethi isiJamani ngoku. Kufanele ukuba babe nombulelo kakhulu kwilizwe lethu elikhulu,” utshilo.
