Kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba umthetho ocetywayo osemthethweni wokutshata kwabantu besini esifanayo uvunyiwe yiNkongolo yaseChile, umongameli waseChile utyikitye umthetho oyimbali wokuba ngumthetho.
Chile's Senate ivotele 21-8 ngokuthanda umthetho wokulingana umtshato ngoLwesibini, kunye abstentions ezintathu, ngelixa Chamber of Deputies wapasisa bill 82-20, kunye abstentions ezimbini.
Umthetho "ubeka bonke ubudlelwane bothando phakathi kwabantu ababini ngokulinganayo", uMongameli waseChile uSebastian Pinera uthe kumsitho kwibhotwe likarhulumente laseLa Moneda namhlanje kunye nabaphembeleli be-LGBTQ, abameli boluntu, abameli bezomthetho kunye namanye amagosa.
Lo mthetho uyilwayo wawuxhaswe ngumanduleli wePinera, uMichelle Bachelet, owazisa ngo-2017.
Ukuwiswa kwalo mthetho kuphawula isiganeko esibalulekileyo emva kwedabi lezomthetho elithathe ishumi leminyaka kwisizwe saseMzantsi Melika, esibambe ugqatso lukamongameli ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
Umthetho ubandakanya ukuqondwa kobudlelwane phakathi kwabazali, izibonelelo ezizeleyo zomlingane kunye namalungelo okuthathwa kwabantwana abatshatileyo besini esinye, phakathi kwezinye iinguqulelo.
"Zonke izibini ezinqwenela, nokuba zithini na ngokwesondo, ziya kuba nako ukuphila, ukuthanda, ukutshata kunye nokwenza usapho olunesidima kunye nokhuseleko olusemthethweni oluludingayo kwaye lufanelekile," utshilo uPinera.
UPinera, inkokeli ephambili eshiya isikhundla ngoMatshi, kunye norhulumente wakhe baphose inkxaso yabo epheleleyo emva kokulingana kwemitshato kulo nyaka.
Chile kudala inesidima sokugcina - naphakathi koontanga bayo bamaRoma Katolika eLatin America - kodwa uninzi lwabantu baseChile ngoku baxhasa umtshato wesini esifanayo.
Chile lilizwe lesithoba eMelika ukudlula umthetho wokulingana komtshato, ukujoyina Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, United States, Colombia, Ecuador and Costa Rica.
Imibutho yasekuhlaleni iye yavunyelwa eChile ukusukela ngo-2015, enika amaqabane esini esinye amaninzi kodwa ayizizo zonke izibonelelo zabatshatileyo.
“Uthando luthando, nokuba kwenzeka ntoni na,” iqela lamalungelo Amnesty International watsho, ebiza umthetho omtsha ngokuba "ziindaba ezimnandi".
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Umthetho "ubeka bonke ubudlelwane bothando phakathi kwabantu ababini ngokulinganayo", uMongameli waseChile uSebastian Pinera uthe kumsitho kwibhotwe likarhulumente laseLa Moneda namhlanje kunye nabaphembeleli be-LGBTQ, abameli boluntu, abameli bezomthetho kunye namanye amagosa.
- I-Senate yaseChile ivotele i-21-8 ngokuthanda umthetho wokulingana komtshato ngoLwesibini, kunye nokuyeka kathathu, ngelixa i-Chamber of Deputies iphumelele i-bill 82-20, kunye nokuyeka ezimbini.
- "Zonke izibini ezinqwenela, nokuba zithini na ngokwesondo, ziya kuba nako ukuphila, ukuthanda, ukutshata kunye nokwenza usapho olunesidima kunye nokhuseleko olusemthethweni oluludingayo kwaye lufanelekile," utshilo uPinera.
