UMengameli waseChile umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo kulandela imibhikisho enodlame edalwe wukunyuswa kwemali yokugibela ezokuthutha umphakathi enhlokodolobha yaseChile.
Izithombe ezishaqisayo zikhombisa isiphithiphithi esisedolobheni iSantiago, njengoba imibhikisho ibinodlame kakhulu ngoLwesihlanu, nezithombe ezikhombisa abantu bexabana namaphoyisa odweshu. Ababhikishi baphinde bashisa ihhovisi lamathikithi kamasipala kanye nesakhiwo samahhovisi enkabeni yedolobha.
Ekhuluma nesizwe ezintatha zangoMgqibelo, uMengameli uSebastian Pinera uthe uzosebenzisa umthetho okhethekile wezokuphepha kuzwelonke ukuze kushushiswe izibhelu ezimnyama ezishise umlilo, zaphanga, zacekela phansi nengqalasizinda yomphakathi enhlokodolobha.
Uhulumeni wenyusa amanani entengo yokugibela ku-metro ekuqaleni kuka-Okthoba, okwenza abafundi basezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu nabasemanyuvesi bangene emigwaqweni.
Enkulumweni yakhe, uPinera uthembise ukuthi uzosebenzela “ukunciphisa ukuhlupheka kwalabo abathintwa ukwenyuka kwemali yokugibela.
Uhlelo lwemetro seluvaliwe, iziphathimandla zithi “ukucekelwa phansi okukhulu” kwenza kwaba nzima ukusebenzisa izitimela ngokuphepha.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Addressing the nation in the early hours of Saturday, President Sebastian Pinera said that he would invoke a special state security law to prosecute black-hooded rioters who have set fires, looted, and destroyed public infrastructure in the capital.
- In his speech, Pinera promised that he would work to “alleviate the suffering of those affected by the increase in fares.
- UMengameli waseChile umemezele isimo esiphuthumayo kulandela imibhikisho enodlame edalwe wukunyuswa kwemali yokugibela ezokuthutha umphakathi enhlokodolobha yaseChile.
