LONDON (eTN) – Unconywa ngabanye njengo-Obama waseMzantsi Asia. Indoda ekuthethwa ngayo ngu-Mohamed Nasheed umongameli omtsha waseMaldives. Bobabini kunye nomongameli waseMelika bajongana nomngeni ofanayo: bomelele kwi-rhetoric kodwa ngoku kufuneka bafezekise ulindelo oluphezulu ngokungekho ngqiqweni. U-Mohamed Nasheed wayewazi kakuhle umsebenzi omkhulu ozayo xa wayethetha kwiRoyal Commonwealth Society kutyelelo lwakhe lwakutsha nje eLondon. Ukhumbule umzabalazo weminyaka engamashumi amabini wedemokhrasi.
“Kwakunobungozi kuthi ukuthetha okanye ukubhala ngezinto - abanye bethu bavalelwa kwaye bathuthunjiswa ngenxa yokuthetha ngeenjongo zethu. Uninzi lwabantu baseMaldivia babecinga ukuba simosha nje ixesha lethu. Sasinenkani, saqhubeka nokwenza umsebenzi wethu, sisenza into esasicinga ukuba iza kuba yinto elungileyo, sinethemba lokuba kuya kubakho itsunami effect eya kuguqula izinto. Ekugqibeleni, itsunami yabangela utshintsho. ”
Ukubalekela eSri Lanka nase-UK ukunqanda intshutshiso ngurhulumente walowo wayesakuba ngumongameli, u-Maumoon Gayoom, Mnu. Nasheed kunye neqela lakhe elinyanisekileyo labaxhasi babuyela eMaldives emva kokuba iimeko ziphuculwe ngokwaneleyo ukuvumela ukusekwa kwamaqela ezopolitiko.
“Sikwazile ukukhuthaza abantu baseMaldiviya ukuba basebenze kwezopolitiko kwaye siphumelele ekuziseni utshintsho olungenamagingxigingxi kumandla. Idemokhrasi eMaldives ithenda kakhulu, kufuneka sifezekise izithembiso ebesizenza. Besixelela abantu ukuba 'nisenzima ngenxa yorhulumente wangaphambili.' Sijongene nexesha elinzima nelinzima ngenxa yeemeko zoqoqosho lwamazwe ngamazwe nangenxa yokuba sizuze njengelifa imali engenanto. ”
Umongameli Nasheed ugxininise ukuba ukuze aqhubele phambili, urhulumente wakhe kuyakufuneka abuyele kwixesha elidlulileyo. Ukuphumelela kokhetho lweqela lakhe ngo-Okthobha u-2008 kwaphawula ukuphela komthetho ode kakhulu yinkokeli e-Asiya kwaye ingomnye woorhulumente abacinezelayo. Ngexesha lakhe leminyaka engamashumi amathathu, Mnu. Gayoom, wayicinezela ngolunya nayiphi na imiqondiso yenkcaso kunye nokungavumi. Amaqela oluntu oluntu jikelele aqulunqa ikhathalogu yabachasi abaphoswa entolongweni kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi babethuthunjiswa.
Umnumzana Gayoom ukwala oku ngokukhomba intshukumo ukusukela ngo-2004 ukwazisa ngohlaziyo lwentando yesininzi. Abachasi bakhe bagcina ukuba wayeqhutywa yindlela yohlaziyo ngokukhula kwezidubedube kunye noqhanqalazo kwilizwe noxinzelelo lwamanye amazwe. Umnumzana Nasheed, naye wavalelwa kwaye wathunyelwa elubhacweni kwiziqithi ezikude zaseMaldivian phantse iminyaka emithandathu.
Ukusukela ekungeneni kwakhe emandleni, u-Mohamed Nasheed unyanzelisile ukuba uzimisele ukwenza isiqalo esitsha ngaphandle kokufuna impindezelo ngokuchasene nalowo wayemandulele kodwa uyavuma ukuba kunzima ukufumana uninzi lwabantu baseMaldiviya ukuba babelane ngobukhulu bakhe. Umnumzana Gayoom khange enze izinto lula ngokungavumi ukunyamalala athabathele kwelinye ilizwe ngokukhululekileyo kwaye akazange afihle amathemba akhe okubuya kwezopolitiko. UMongameli Nasheed uchaze ingxaki ajongene nayo ekuthatheni isigqibo malunga nento amakayenze malunga noMnumzana Gayoom kunye nabalandeli bakhe, “Singababeka ecaleni ngokubheka phambili kodwa abantu abaninzi bajongana nam besithi bafuna ubulungisa. Kufuneka sifumane indlela yokwenza izinto ezidlulileyo ukuze abantu bathi 'le nto yenzeke kum' kuba ndiyazi ukuba ndivavanye okwedlule ndingaphindisela xa ndingayichukumisa. Singakwazi ukumelana nexesha elidlulileyo ngokuba nekamva eliqaqambileyo. ”
Kwintetho yakhe, uMongameli Nasheed wathetha ngemfuno yokwakha ezomthetho nokuqeqesha iijaji ukuze kwenziwe inkqubo esebenzayo nezimeleyo. Esoyikiswa kukuphathwa gadalala phantsi kolawulo luka Mnu. Gayoom, uMongameli Nasheed wagxininisa ukuba urhulumente akufuneki abachaphazele abezomthetho okanye abachaphazele nangayiphi na indlela.
UMongameli Nasheed ukwadwelise ezinye iingxaki eMaldives: iziyobisi phakathi kolutsha, ukuxinana kwikomkhulu, iNdoda, kunye nemfuno engxamisekileyo yokuphucula iinkonzo ezibalulekileyo ezinje ngemfundo kunye nempilo.
“Sinethemba lokujongana nale micimbi kwaye sidinga ukucinga, amandla kunye nesibindi sokujongana noku. Siza kuba nethemba lokudityaniswa kwentando yesininzi kwiiMaldives. Sifuna ukwenza uyilo malunga nendlela yokutshintsha ubuzwilakhe eMaldives. Kuya kufuneka sibeke umzekelo kwamanye amazwe kwaye sibonise ngomzekelo ukuba awunyanzelekanga ukuba uqhushumbe amazwe ukuze azise utshintsho. Sikhe satshintshwa ngaphambili xa inkokeli ephumayo iye yahlaselwa okanye yabulawa. Oku kubuyisela ilizwe kwiminyaka emininzi. Kufuneka sifumane enye indlela yokwakha ilizwe elingcono. ”
IMaldives lilizwe lamaSilamsi elinomgaqo-siseko ocacisa ukuba kufuneka ube ngumSilamsi ukuze ube ngummi. UMongameli Nasheed uthe eli gatya lipasiswe ngurhulumente wangaphambili kwaye wavuma ukuba akazokwazi ukuthembisa utshintsho kwithuba elifutshane. Uye wavuma ukuba kukho into eyomeleleyo yamaSilamsi eMaldives.
“I-Radical Islam yayiyeyona nkcaso-sadala indawo. Nje ukuba siqale, ukunyuka kwe-radicalism yamaSilamsi eMaldives kwajongwa. Engqondweni yam, idemokhrasi ibaluleke kakhulu ukujongana ne-Islamic radicalism. Khange sibenamanyano namaqela amaSilamsi, nangona sidibene nawo amaxesha angama-26. Baphulukene kakubi kunyulo. Olona luqhelekileyo kwiiMaldives luqhubela phambili kwaye lukhululekile. ”
Kwicala elifanelekileyo, ngaphandle kotshintsho lwezopolitiko, ukhenketho luhlala lungowona mthombo mkhulu wengeniso kwiiMaldives. Abaxhasi bakaMnu Gayoom bamnika ityala ngokuguqula ilizwe libe yiparadesi yabakhenkethi kunye nokuzisa imali eninzi yengeniso yamanye amazwe. Kodwa le ngeniso khange isasazwe kubemi abangaphezulu kwama-300,000.
Urhulumente we-Nasheed uthembisile ukuba uza kuqinisekisa ukuba kukho ulwabiwo olulinganayo lwengeniso eveliswa kukhenketho. Umongameli, xa ebuzwa malunga nokhenketho lwezendalo, uthe ngelixa le yindawo urhulumente wakhe azimisele ukuyiphuhlisa, abakhenkethi batsaleleka eMaldives babekhangela ixesha elimnandi.
“Sikwalele ukuloba ookrebe nangona ndingacingi ukuba oku kuyakusisindisa. Awunakho ukwenza imali ngokujonga ookrebe. Eco-zokhenketho ayizisi imbuyekezo efanayo nokhenketho lobunewunewu. Uluntu olulapha nolwehlabathi kufuneka lutshintshe kwaye kungokutshintsha nje le ndlela yokucinga onokuthi wenze utshintsho olukhulu. ”
IMaldives ikwalilizwe elijongene nesoyikiso esikhulu kutshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokunyuka kwamanqanaba olwandle. Indawo ephezulu kuso nasiphi na isiqithi se-1,200 ziimitha ezi-2.4 ngaphezulu komphakamo wolwandle. Umongameli Nasheed uthe utshintsho lwemozulu lubeka emngciphekweni ubukho beMaldives kwaye wagxininisa ukuzibophelela kukarhulumente wakhe ekwenzeni ilizwe ukuba lingathathi cala kwiminyaka elishumi.
“Sifuna iMaldives ibe ngumboniso wetekhnoloji entsha. Sikholelwa ekubeni amandla ahlaziyekayo ayenzeka. Kufuneka sifune abatyali mali ukuba beze kwilizwe lethu kwaye kufuneka basebenzise amandla ahlaziyekayo. ”
NgeeMaldives ezimiselwe ukuba ngusihlalo woMbutho waseMzantsi Asia weNtsebenziswano yeNgingqi (i-SAARC) uMongameli uqaphele ukuba nangona lilincinci ilizwe lakhe libaluleke ngokweqhinga ingakumbi eIndiya naseSri Lanka. Uthe omabini la mazwe ebenesisa ekunikezeleni ngenkxaso yemali kunye nolunye uxhaso.
Kumajelo osasazo, uMongameli Nasheed uthe urhulumente wakhe ufuna imithombo yeendaba yasimahla kwaye ufuna ukuyeka ulawulo lweenkonzo zikamabonwakude kunye nerediyo kunye namaphephandaba. UMongameli uthe ufuna abatyali zimali kwicandelo losasazo elincitshisiweyo eliya kuqinisekisa inkululeko yeendaba kunye nokhuphiswano. "Sifuna ukwenza ngasese irediyo kunye neTV Maldives kunye nothungelwano lokuhambisa. Ndize apha ukuza kubona ukuba ingaba abatyali-mali base-UK banomdla kusini na. ”
Nangona iinjongo zikarhulumente omtsha zixatyiswa ngokubanzi kuye kwakho ukuthandabuza malunga nesantya kunye nendlela ezininzi zotshintsho eziziswa ngayo. Ingcali yaseMaldiviya eyayimamkele urhulumente omtsha ngoku inamathandabuzo amakhulu.
“Urhulumente wangoku akanamigaqo-nkqubo ikhonkrithi, koko ubonise nemanifesto yabo. Abakholelwa kudityaniso lwabemi okanye uphuhliso oluzinzileyo. Bakwenze izikhundla ezininzi zezopolitiko kwaye batyumba abantu abangenamsebenzi, abangafanelekanga kwizikhundla ezahlukeneyo kwaye benza izinto ngendlela ethobekileyo. Akukho nelona lincinci lokubonisana elalikade likho ngaphambili. Abazithembi iinkonzo zoluntu kwaye ngokusisiseko liqela labaphembeleli abaqhuba yonke into. Kuyasityhafisa, ayilulo olu tshintsho besilufuna. ”
Kukwakho ukugxeka inzondelelo kaRhulumente yokuba abucala angabinamqobo nomyalezo wokuba "iMaldives ivulelekile kushishino." Uninzi lwabantu baseMaldivian lunexhala lokuthengisa ubutyebi belizwe obunqongopheleyo kubantu bamanye amazwe kunye neengozi zokunikezela ulawulo phantse kuzo zonke iinkonzo, kubandakanya nemfundo, kubunini bamanye amazwe. Uloyiko luyakhula lokuba ngaphandle kokuqinisekiswa ngurhulumente, imigaqo-nkqubo yakhe inokuphelela ekubeni izityebi zibe zizityebi kwaye abanye abantu baseMaldivian bathunyelwe ekuxhomekekeni kwintlalontle.
Njengokuba uMohamed Nasheed evuma ukuphumelela idabi ledemokhrasi ngoku kungangqinelana lula; Ukudibanisa olu loyiso ulwelwe nzima nokuqinisekisa abantu baseMaldives ukuba iintlungu zale minyaka ingamashumi amathathu idlulileyo ibifanelekile, kunokuba ngumzabalazo onzima nangakumbi.
URita Payne ungusihlalo wangoku we-Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK) kunye nomhleli wangaphambili waseAsia kwiBritish Broadcasting Corporation.
