“Akukho mithetho ngaphandle”

WASHINGTON - ULaurie Dishman, umphathi weenkonzo zokutya oneminyaka engama-37 ubudala waseSacramento, uthe yayilixesha lokuba ajongane noloyiko lwakhe, ngoko ke wathatha uhambo lonyango oluya kwiPort of Miami kwimpelaveki ephelileyo.

Yayikokokuqala ngqa ukuba asondele kwiinqanawa ezinkulu ukusukela ngo-2006, xa wadlwengulwa kuhambo lolwandle ngomnye wabagcini benqanawa. Ngelo xesha, wothuka xa abasebenzi basabela ngokumxelela ukuba kufuneka abulawule utywala bakhe. Ngoko ngeCawa, kwelinye lawona mazibuko axakekileyo kweli lizwe, wahambisa amaphecana angaphezu kwama-300 ebantwini njengoko babeqalisa iiholide zabo, ebalumkisa ngengozi.

“Akukho mithetho phaya,” utshilo uDishman kudliwanondlebe. “Zonke iintlobo zezinto zinokwenzeka kwesi sixeko sidadayo esikumbindi wolwandle, kwaye akukho lunqabiseko. Akukho lukhuselo. Ucinga ukuba unamalungelo aseMelika xa ukhwela inqanawa, kodwa awunawo.”

Umzi-mveliso uyalwa, usithi abantu baseMelika bakhuselekile kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa kunokuba basemhlabeni kwaye akukho lutshintsho lufunekayo.

“Eyona nto iphambili kwishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa kukhuseleko lwabakhweli kunye nabasebenzi balo,” utshilo uTerry Dale, umongameli kunye negosa elilawulayo leFt. I-Lauderdale-based Cruise Lines International Association, emele i-24 yeendlela zokuhamba kunye nee-arhente zokuhamba ze-16,500. "Ngokulula, abantu baseMelika bakhuselekile kakhulu elwandle namhlanje."

UDishman, nangona kunjalo, uqinisekile ukuba umyalezo wakhe uya kukhokelela kumthetho omtsha womanyano. Xa iCongress ibuya kwikhefu layo lasehlotyeni ngoSeptemba 8, yena kunye namanye amaxhoba olwaphulo-mthetho baya kuba seCapitol Hill ukuze bafune isicwangciso esiya kunyanzela amagosa oshishino lokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuba atshintshe indlela aqhuba ngayo ishishini.

Abagxeki bathi utshintsho olukhawulezileyo luyafuneka kuba phantsi komthetho wangoku, iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa azifuneki ukuba zichaze kwanawona matyala amabi kakhulu okwenziwa kumanzi amazwe ngamazwe.

ICongress ithathela ingqalelo umthetho oza kunyanzela iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa ukuba zigcine iinkuni ezirekhoda bonke abantu ababhubhileyo, abantu abalahlekileyo, izityholo zolwaphulo-mthetho kunye nezikhalazo zabakhweli zobusela, ukuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kunye nokuhlaselwa. Olo lwazi luya kwenziwa lufumaneke kwi-FBI kunye ne-Coast Guard, kwaye uluntu luya kufikelela kuyo kwi-Intanethi.

Lo mthetho ukwafuna ukuba iinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa zibe neentambo zokhuseleko kunye nemingxuma yokukroba kwiingcango zestateroom zabakhweli. Iinqanawa nazo ziyakufuneka zigcine amayeza ukuthintela usulelo lwesifo emva kohlaselo ngokwesondo, kunye nezixhobo zokwenza iimviwo zokuqinisekisa ukuba umkhweli udlwengulwe.

"Izigidi ezilishumi elinesibini zaseMelika ziya kukhwela iinqanawa zokuhamba ngeenqanawa kulo nyaka, kwaye kufuneka bazi ukuba zikhuselekile," utshilo uSenandi weDemocratic Alliance uJohn Kerry waseMassachusetts, odibene neDemocratic Rep. UDoris Matsui waseCalifornia ukukhokela ukuhlaselwa okucetywayo.

UMatsui uthe waqala ukuphanda lo mba emva kokuba uDishman edibene naye okokuqala, ekhathazekile kuba wathi akafumananga ncedo kwiRoyal Caribbean ekuchongeni umhlaseli okanye ukufumana ubungqina emva kodlwengulo.

Njengenxalenye yophando lwenkongolo, uMatsui uthe ufumanise ukuba akukhange kubekho zigwebo zodlwengulo kwiindlela zokuhamba ngenqanawa kwiminyaka engama-40.

“Into esiyifumeneyo iyothusa ngokwenene,” utshilo uMatsui. "Akukho nto ingako yokulawula ishishini lokuhamba ngenqanawa, kwaye ulwaphulo-mthetho oluninzi kakhulu alubanjwa minyaka le."

Kwindibano yakutshanje yekomitana yeNdlu yeeNgwevu, uDale weCruise Lines International Association wathi kuye kwaphakanyiswa imibuzo ngengxelo yokhuseleko lweshishini ngenxa yokuba “inkathalo novelwano lwethu kwixesha elidluleyo kwabo baye bonzakala okanye baphulukene nabo bebungasoloko lwanelisa.”

Akakhange achaze iimeko ezithile kodwa uphawule ukuba ishishini lidala amawaka emisebenzi kwaye wathi lenze “inyathelo elikhulu” ekuphuculeni iinkqubo zalo zokhuseleko kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo.

Phakathi kwamanyathelo akhoyo ngoku, uDale uthe:

—Abakhweli nemithwalo iyajongwa.

—Uluhlu lwabakhweli luthunyelwa kwabasemagunyeni eUnited States ngaphambi kokuba bahambe.

-Inqanawa nganye inegosa lokhuseleko eliqeqeshiweyo kunye nabasebenzi bokhuseleko abaqeqeshiweyo.

-Zonke iindlela eziphambili zokuhamba ngenqanawa ziqeqeshe abasebenzi ukuba bacebise kwaye baxhase iintsapho kunye nabantu ngabanye ngexesha likaxakeka.

UDale uthe uphando oluzimeleyo lufumene ukuba iipesenti ezingama-95 zabakhweli abahamba ngenqanawa banelisekile ngamava abo kwaye ngaphezu kwesiqingatha sabo bonke abakhweli abahamba ngeenqanawa bangabathengi abaphindayo.

“Ndivuma ukuba oku bekungayi kuba njalo ukuba ukhuseleko okanye ukhuseleko lubonwa njengengxaki enkulu,” utshilo uDale.

U-Kerry wabandakanyeka kulo mbandela xa uMerrian Carver waseCambridge, Mass., Wanyamalala kwi-cruise ngo-2004. U-Kerry uthe imeko yayimangalisa ngenxa yokuba abasebenzi abazange baxelele i-FBI ukuba wayelahlekile kwada kwiiveki kamva, xa intsapho yakhe yaqala ukubuza imibuzo.

“Ibali likaMerrian ayisiyonto yodwa,” utshilo uKerry. "Ngaphandle kokuba ngabemi baseMelika kwaye ikomkhulu layo lihlala e-United States, iinqanawa ezihamba ngenqanawa zisebenza phantsi kweeflegi zangaphandle, zibavumela ukuba baphephe umthetho wase-United States xa bengaphaya kwamanzi aseMelika. Ngokubhekiselele kulawulo lolwaphulo-mthetho, umthetho umdaka ngeyona ndlela.”

Imeko ifana nommi wase-US othatha iholide kwilizwe langaphandle, apho uxanduva lokuthintela ulwaphulo-mthetho kunye nokuphendula lulele kwilizwe elivakatyelwe ngumntu, utshilo u-Adm yangasemva uWayne Justice, umncedisi womphathi wempendulo kunye ne-US Coast. Umlindi.

"Nangona ezinye izityholo zokubulala, ukunyamalala kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho olunzima ngokwesondo luye lwafumana ingqwalasela efanelekileyo kunye nenkxalabo, akukho datha yokubonisa ukuba ulwaphulo-mthetho kwiinqanawa zokuhamba ngenqanawa luxhaphake kakhulu kunayo nayiphi na enye indawo yeholide," watsho uJustice.