ISerbia ikhansela umkhosi we-EuroPride ngenxa 'yezinkinga eziningi'

UMongameli waseSerbia u-Aleksandar Vucic umemezele namuhla ukuthi i-pan-European I-EuroPride 2022 Belgrade Ifestivali ye-LGBTQ, ehlelelwe ukuthi yenzeka ezweni lase-Balkan, 'izokhanselwa noma ohlehliswe' kuze kube 'izikhathi zenjabulo.'

Umcimbi we-EuroPride, oba emadolobheni ahlukene aseYurophu minyaka yonke futhi uhlanganisa nePride Parade, bekumele wenzeke enhlokodolobha yaseSerbia, iBelgrade, maphakathi noSepthemba walo nyaka.

"Lokhu kuwukwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu abambalwa, kodwa okwamanje umbuso ucindezelwa yizinkinga eziningi," kusho uVucic esithangamini nabezindaba.

'Izinkinga' i-Serbia ebhekene nazo uVucic azishilo zihlanganisa inkinga yase-Kosovo kanye nokwenzeka kokushoda kwamandla ebusika.

Umongameli uphinde wengeza ngokuthi umkhosi we-LGBTQ awukwazi ukuqhubeka ngenxa yezinsongo ezivela kuma-extremest angakwesokudla kanye nokwesaba udlame.

"Akuwona umbuzo wokuthi bona [abashisekeli] banamandla, kodwa awukwazi ukukwenza konke ngesikhathi esisodwa, futhi yilokho," kusho umongameli waseSerbia. 

“Angijabulile ngakho, kodwa ngeke sikwazi ukukuphatha.”

ISerbia, efuna ngenkuthalo ubulungu be-European Union, ithembise ukuvikela amalungelo e-LGBTQ njengengxenye yokuhlanganiswa kwayo ne-bloc, kodwa ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, izinkulungwane zamaSerb zangena emigwaqweni yenhloko-dolobha yezwe, zibhikishela i-EuroPride futhi zifuna uhulumeni wezwe. khansela umcimbi we-pan-European.

Ababhikishi babephethe izimpawu ezinemiyalezo ethi: “Asifuni umbukiso wezitabane kanye nomsebenzi owenziwa emazweni aseNtshonalanga!” futhi “Susa izandla zakho ezinganeni zethu,” phakathi kwabanye.

Abahleli be-EuroPride nokho bakugcizelele ukuthi umcimbi osenhlokodolobha yaseSerbia uzokwenzeka naphezu kwesimemezelo esivela kuVucic.

"I-EuroPride yaseBelgrade ngeke ikhanselwe futhi izohlanganisa izinkulungwane zabantu be-LGBTI+ abavela kulo lonke elaseYurophu," kusho uKristine Garina, umongameli we-European Pride Organis Association, esitatimendeni.

Uphinde wacela uhulumeni waseSerbia ukuthi 'umelane nalezi ziqhwaga futhi uvikele umcimbi.'