ILODDON (eTN) – Unconywa ngabathile njengo-Obama waseNingizimu Asia. Indoda okukhulunywa ngayo nguMohamed Nasheed umongameli omusha waseMaldives. Bobabili yena nomongameli waseMelika babhekene nenselelo efanayo: banamandla ekukhulumeni kodwa manje kufanele bafeze okulindelwe okuphezulu ngokungenangqondo. U-Mohamed Nasheed wayewazi kahle umsebenzi omkhulu ayezowenza lapho ekhuluma eRoyal Commonwealth Society ngesikhathi evakashele eLondon muva nje. Ukhumbule umzabalazo weminyaka engamashumi amabili wentando yeningi.
“Kwakuyingozi kithina ukukhuluma noma ukubhala ngezinto – abanye bethu baboshwa futhi bahlukunyezwa ngenxa yokukhuluma ngemibono yethu. Abantu abaningi baseMaldivi babecabanga ukuthi simane sizimoshela isikhathi. Sasinenkani, saqhubeka senza umsebenzi wethu, senza lokho esasicabanga ukuthi kwakuyoba okulungile, sinethemba lokuthi kwakuyoba nomphumela wetsunami owawuzoshintsha izinto. Ekugcineni, i-tsunami yabonakala iyimbangela yoshintsho.”
Ngemva kokuphephela eSri Lanka nase-UK ukuze bagweme ukushushiswa uhulumeni kamongameli wangaphambili wentando yeningi, uMaumoon Gayoom, uMnu. Nasheed neqembu lakhe elithembekile labasekeli babuyela eMaldives lapho izimo sezithuthuke ngokwanele ukuze zivumele ukusungulwa kwamaqembu ezombusazwe.
“Sikwazile ukugqugquzela abantu baseMaldivian ukuthi bangene ezenzweni zezepolitiki futhi siphumelele ukuletha uguquko lwamandla olungenazihibe. Intando yeningi eMaldives ithambile kakhulu, kufanele sifeze izithembiso ebesizenza. Besitshela abantu ukuthi 'nithwele kanzima ngenxa kahulumeni odlule.' Sibhekene nesikhathi esinzima, esiyinselele ngenxa yezimo zomnotho zamazwe ngamazwe nangenxa yokuthi sizuze isikhwama esingenalutho.”
UMengameli uNasheed ukugcizelele ukuthi ukuze kuqhubekele phambili uhulumeni wakhe kuzomele uvumelane nokwakudala. Ukunqoba kweqembu lakhe okhethweni ngo-Okthoba 2008 kwasho ukuphela kokubusa okude kakhulu komholi wase-Asia futhi ongomunye wohulumeni bengcindezelo emhlabeni. Phakathi neminyaka engamashumi amathathu ephethe, uMnu. Gayoom, ngonya wacindezela noma yiziphi izimpawu zokuphikisa nokuphikisa. Izinhlangano zamazwe ngamazwe zamalungelo abantu zenze ikhathalogi yabaphikisi abagqunywe ejele futhi ezimweni eziningi bahlukunyezwa.
UMnu. Gayoom ubelokhu ephika lokhu ngokukhomba izinyathelo kusukela ngo-2004 zokwethula izinguquko zentando yeningi. Abamelene naye bamile kwelokuthi waxoshwa endleleni yezinguquko ngokukhula kwezinxushunxushu kanye nemibhikisho ezweni kanye nengcindezi yamazwe ngamazwe. UMnu. Nasheed, yena waboshwa futhi wadingiselwa eziqhingini ezikude zaseMaldivian cishe iminyaka eyisithupha isiyonke.
Selokhu aqala ukubusa, u-Mohamed Nasheed ugcizelele ukuthi uhlose ukwenza isiqalo esisha ngaphandle kokufuna ukuziphindiselela kumanduleli wakhe kodwa uyavuma ukuthi bekunzima ukuthola abantu abaningi baseMaldivi ukuthi babelane ngobuhle bakhe. UMnu. Gayoom akenzanga izinto zaba lula ngokwenqaba ukunyamalala ekudingisweni okunethezekile futhi akazange afihle ukuthi unethemba lokubuya kwezombusazwe. UMengameli uNasheed uchaze inkinga abhekene nayo lapho enquma ukuthi enzeni ngoMnu. Kufanele sithole indlela yokucubungula okwedlule ukuze abantu bathi 'lokhu kwenzekile kimi' ngoba ngiyazi ukuthi uma ngihlola impilo yami edlule ngingaziphendulela kakhulu uma ngithinta lokho. Singakwazi ukwamukela okwedlule ngokuba nekusasa eliqhakazile.”
Enkulumeni yakhe, uMongameli uNasheed ukhulume ngesidingo sokwakhiwa kwezomthetho kanye nokuqeqesha amajaji ukuze kwakhiwe uhlelo olusebenzayo noluzimele. Ekhungethwe ukuhlukumeza ngaphansi kokubusa kukaMnu. Gayoom, uMengameli uNasheed ugcizelele ukuthi uhulumeni akufanele athinte abezomthetho noma abathonye nganoma iyiphi indlela.
UMongameli uNasheed uphinde wabala ezinye izinkinga eMaldives: umlutha wezidakamizwa entsheni, ukuminyana enhloko-dolobha, Abesilisa, kanye nesidingo esiphuthumayo sokuthuthukisa izinsiza ezibalulekile ezifana nemfundo nempilo.
“Siyethemba ukuthi sizobhekana nalezi zinkinga futhi sidinga umcabango, amandla nesibindi sokubhekana nalokhu. Sizothemba ukuthi kuzoba nokuhlanganiswa okushelelayo kwentando yeningi eMaldives. Sifuna ukwakha ipulani yokuthi ungashintsha kanjani ubushiqela eMaldives. Kufanele sibeke isibonelo kwamanye amazwe futhi sibonise ngesibonelo ukuthi akudingeki uqhume amazwe ngamabhomu ukuze ulethe uguquko. Sike saba nezinguquko ngaphambilini lapho umholi ophumayo ehlaselwe izixuku noma ebulawa. Lokhu kubuyisela izwe emuva eminyakeni eminingi. Kufanele sithole enye indlela yokwakha izwe elingcono.”
I-Maldives iyizwe lamaSulumane elinomthethosisekelo othi kufanele ube yiSulumane ukuze ube yisakhamuzi. UMengameli uNasheed uthe lesi sigaba somthetho siphasiswe wuhulumeni odlule futhi wavuma ukuthi ngeke akwazi ukuthembisa ushintsho ngesikhathi esifushane. Uvumile ukuthi kunesici esiqinile sama-Islamist eMaldives.
“I-Radical Islam bekuyiyona yodwa ephikisayo – sakha indawo. Lapho sesiqalile, ukukhuphuka kwe-radicalism yamaSulumane eMaldives kwahlolwa. Emqondweni wami, intando yeningi ibaluleke kakhulu ukubhekana ne-radicalism yamaSulumane. Asizange sibe nomfelandawonye namaqembu amaSulumane, nakuba sahlangana nawo izikhathi ezingu-26. Bahlulwe kabi kakhulu okhethweni. Izwe elivamile eMaldives liyathuthuka futhi likhululekile.”
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, naphezu koshintsho lwezepolitiki, ezokuvakasha zihlala ziwumthombo omkhulu wemali engenayo yeMaldives. Abasekeli bakaMnu. Gayoom bayamtusa ngokuphendula izwe libe ipharadesi lezivakashi nokuletha izizumbulu zemali evela kwamanye amazwe. Kodwa le mali engenayo ayizange isabalale phakathi kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-300,000.
Uhulumeni waseNasheed uzibophezele ekuqinisekiseni ukuthi kunokwabiwa ngokulinganayo kwemali engenayo etholwa ezokuvakasha. Umongameli, lapho ebuzwa nge-eco-tourism, uthe yize le njengendawo uhulumeni wakhe ahlose ukuyithuthukisa, abavakashi abakhangwa eMaldives ngokuyinhloko bebefuna isikhathi esihle.
“Sakuvala ukudoba oshaka nakuba ngingacabangi ukuthi lokhu kuzosisindisa. Awukwazi ukwenza imali ngokubheka oshaka. I-Eco-tourism ayilethi izinzuzo ezifanayo nezokuvakasha okunethezeka. Umphakathi lapha nasemhlabeni udinga ukushintsha futhi kungenxa yokushintsha lo mcabango kuphela lapho ungenza khona ushintsho olukhulu.”
I-Maldives futhi iyizwe elibhekene nosongo olukhulu kakhulu lokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nokwenyuka kwamazinga olwandle. Indawo ephakeme kunazo zonke eziqhingini ezingu-1,200 ingamamitha angu-2.4 nje kuphela ngaphezu kogu lolwandle. UMongameli uNasheed uthe ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kusongela ubukhona beMaldives futhi wagcizelela ukuzibophezela kukahulumeni wakhe ekwenzeni izwe lingathathi hlangothi eminyakeni eyishumi.
“Sifuna ukuthi iMaldives ibe wumbukiso wobuchwepheshe obusha. Sikholelwa ukuthi amandla avuselelekayo angenzeka. Kumele sithole abatshalizimali abazofika ezweni lethu futhi kumele basebenzise amandla avuselelekayo.”
Njengoba i-Maldives ihlelwe ukuba ibe ngusihlalo we-South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) uMongameli waphawula ukuthi nakuba izwe lakhe lincane lalibaluleke kakhulu ngamasu ikakhulukazi eNdiya naseSri Lanka. Uthe womabili la mazwe abe nesandla esivulekile ekuhlinzekeni ngezimali nokunye.
Kwabezindaba, uMongameli uNasheed uthe uhulumeni wakhe ufuna imithombo yezindaba ekhululekile futhi ufuna ukuyeka ukulawula izinsiza ze-TV nemisakazo namaphephandaba. UMengameli uthe ufuna abatshalizimali ukuze kube nomkhakha wezindaba ongalawuleki ozoqinisekisa inkululeko yabezindaba kanye nokuncintisana. “Sifuna ukwenza umsakazo ne-TV Maldives ibe yimfihlo kanye namanethiwekhi okusabalalisa. Ngize lapha ukuzobona ukuthi abatshalizimali base-UK banentshisekelo yini.”
Nakuba izinhloso zikahulumeni omusha zinconywa ngokujwayelekile kube nokungabaza mayelana nesivinini kanye nendlela izinguquko eziningi ezethula ngayo. Uchwepheshe waseMaldivian owamukele uhulumeni omusha manje unokungabaza okukhulu.
“Uhulumeni okhona njengamanje akanayo imigomo ebambekayo, unemithetho yawo kuphela. Abakholelwa ekuhlanganisweni kwabantu noma entuthukweni eqhubekayo. Baphinde bakhe izikhundla eziningi kwezepolitiki baqoka abantu abangenamsebenzi walutho, abangafanelekile ezikhundleni ezehlukene futhi benza izinto ngendlela yesikhashana. Akukho ngisho nokubonisana okuncane okwakuvame ukuba khona ngaphambili. Abazithembi izinsizakalo zikahulumeni futhi empeleni yinqwaba yezishoshovu eziqhuba yonke into. Kuyasidumaza ngempela, akulona ngempela ushintsho ebesilufuna lolu.”
Kuphinde kugxekwe intshiseko kahulumeni yokwenziwa kwangasese okungavinjelwe ngomyalezo othi “iMaldives ivulekele ibhizinisi.” Abantu abaningi baseMaldivi bakhathazekile ngokuthengisa izinsiza ezilinganiselwe zezwe kubantu bangaphandle kanye nezingozi zokunikeza ukulawula cishe zonke izinsiza, kuhlanganisa nemfundo, kubunikazi bangaphandle. Kuyakhula ukwesaba ukuthi naphezu kweziqinisekiso zikahulumeni, izinqubomgomo zakhe zingagcina zicebe kakhulu kanti bonke abantu baseMaldivi banikezwe ukuthembela enhlalakahleni.
Njengoba u-Mohamed Nasheed ebona ukunqoba impi yentando yeningi manje kungase kube yingxenye elula; ukuhlanganisa lokhu kunqoba okulwelwe kanzima nokukholisa abantu baseMaldives ukuthi ubuhlungu beminyaka engamashumi amathathu edlule babufaneleka, bungase buphenduke umzabalazo onzima nakakhulu.
U-Rita Payne ungusihlalo wamanje we-Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK) kanye nomhleli wangaphambili wase-Asia weBritish Broadcasting Corporation.
