I-MIAMI - Abavakashi abathenga uhambo lomkhumbi bangase babe nezinto eziningi okufanele bazicabangele kunentengo nezinhlelo zohambo. Bangase bakwazi ukuqhathanisa isibalo sabagibeli okusolwa ukuthi badlwenguliwe, bagetshengwa noma baduka olwandle ngaphansi komthethosivivinywa ogunyazwe ngoLwesine ukuthi uvotelwe yiNdlu yabaMeli baseMelika.
Ukugunyaza ngazwi linye kwekomidi Lezokuthutha kanye Nengqalasizinda ngale ndlela, kulandela ukudlula kwekomidi leSenethi, kuvula indlela yokuvota kuwo womabili la magumbi ngemuva nje kokuthi iCongress ibuyile ekhefini layo lika-Agasti.
I-Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act iqinisa imikhawulo embonini osekunesikhathi eside ibalekela ukubhekwa kakhulu - ngokwengxenye ngenxa yobunkimbinkimbi bemithetho yezolwandle yamazwe ngamazwe.
Ngenxa yokuthi ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi kuphakathi kwamacala avame ukusolwa ngawo - futhi amalungu ezisebenzi ngokuvamile kusolwa ukuthi abenzi bokubi - umthetho udinga ukuthi umkhumbi ngamunye uphathe izinsiza zophenyo lokudlwengula futhi uqashe noma uqeqeshe isisebenzi ukuze silondoloze ubufakazi.
Imikhumbi kufanele futhi iphathe imithi yezidambisigciwane ukusiza ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwezifo ezithathelwana ngocansi, ithuthukise ukubhekwa kwevidiyo futhi ifake ama-peep hole, izintambo zokuphepha kanye nezingidi ezizwela isikhathi kuwo wonke amagumbi ezivakashi.
UBill uxhasa uSenindela waseMassachusetts uJohn Kerry kanye nommeli waseCalifornia uDoris Matsui, bobabili abangamalungu eDemocrats, baqale ukulungisa lolu daba ngemuva kokuthi abavoti bexoxe ngezindaba zokudlwengulwa, usizi, ukwesaba kanye nokulahlekelwa ngabathandekayo olwandle.
UKen Carver, owafaka lolu daba ezindlebeni zikaKerry, uqale inhlangano engenzi nzuzo ebizwa nge-International Cruise Victims ngemuva kokuthi indodakazi yakhe inyamalale emkhunjini ngo-2005. Uthi waqanjelwa amanga wakhandwa ngamatshe ngesikhathi ezama ukuzwa ukuthi kwenzekani kuyo. Abanye abagibeli bakhulume izindaba ezifanayo ebufakazini ngaphambi kweCongress.
"Eminyakeni emithathu edlule, ngihlangane nemindeni eminingi kakhulu yaseMelika eye yabhekana nenhlekelele ngesikhathi okufanele kube iholidi eliphumulele," kusho uMatsui. "Isikhathi eside kakhulu, imindeni yaseMelika ibisengozini ingazi ngemikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi."
Imboni iqale yawuphikisa lo mthethosivivinywa, kodwa yashintsha isimo sayo kule nyanga. I-Cruise Lines International Association ithi izinkampani eziningi sezivele zilandela izinhlinzeko eziningi zomthethosivivinywa futhi zabelane ngemininingwane yobugebengu ne-Coast Guard.
"Izigidi zabagibeli unyaka ngamunye zijabulela iholidi eliphephile lokuhamba ngomkhumbi, kanti nakuba izehlakalo ezimbi zingavamile, ngisho nesigameko esisodwa siningi kakhulu," kusho i-CLIA esitatimendeni esibhaliwe. "Njengemboni, sizibophezele ngokugcwele ekuvikelekeni nasekuvikelekeni kwabagibeli nabasebenzi bethu."
UNobhala Wezokuthutha uzosungula isizindalwazi esisha esinemibiko ebuyekezwa njalo ngekota ngenani lamacala, ubunjalo bawo kanye nokuthi abagibeli noma amalungu ezisebenzi ayasolwa. Umzila ngamunye wokuvakasha kufanele futhi uxhume ekhasini lezibalo zobugebengu elivela kusizindalwazi sawo.
