- Okhulumela iPentagon unqabile ukuphawula ngalesi sicelo.
- Abameli bakahulumeni baseMelika abavela ku-FBI kanye noMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya bazothunyelwa enhlokodolobha yaseHaiti bayosiza “ngokushesha okukhulu.”
- “Amaphekula asemadolobheni” angasebenzisa ukungezwani kwamanje futhi aqhubeke nokuhlasela.
UNgqongqoshe wokhetho eHaiti uMathias Pierre uthe iHaiti icele iMelika ukuthi ithumele amasosha aseMelika ukuyosiza ekuzinziseni izwe nokuvikela izingqalasizinda ezibucayi njengezinqolobane zikawoyela, isikhumulo sezindiza namachweba phakathi kweziyaluyalu kulandela ukubulawa kukaMengameli uJovenel Moise.
Ngokusho kukangqongqoshe, lesi sicelo senziwe ngemuva kokuthi uNobhala Wezangaphandle eMelika uTony Blinken noMengameli uJoe Biden "bethembise ukusiza iHaiti" ngemuva kokubulawa kukamengameli ngasekuqaleni kwesonto. Uxwayise ngokuthi "amaphekula asemadolobheni" angasebenzisa ukungezwani kwamanje futhi aqhubeke nokuhlasela.
Ebuzwa ukuthi acaciselwe ukuthi ngabe iPentagon izothumela noma yikuphi ukwesekwa kwezempi ezweni lesiqhingi saseCaribbean, okhulumela umnyango wenqabile ukuphawula.
Ngenkathi umkhulumeli woMnyango Wezangaphandle e-US uJalina Porter naye esho esithangamini nabezindaba sanamuhla ukuthi angeke aqinisekise ukuthi isicelo esinjalo senziwe, unobhala wezindaba waseWhite House uJen Psaki uqaphele ukuthi amanxusa e-FBI kanye noMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya bazothunyelwa Inhlokodolobha yaseHaiti izosiza “ngokushesha okukhulu.”
UMoise udutshulwe wabulawa yiqulu lamadoda abehlome ngezibhamu emzini wakhe ngasePort-au-Prince ekuseni ngoLwesithathu; unkosikazi wakhe naye ulimale kanzima waphuthunyiswa ngendiza enophephela emhlane esibhedlela eMiami, eFlorida.
Ngenkathi kuvele imininingwane embalwa ngababulali, izikhulu zaseHaiti zisola ukuthi okungenani bangu-28 abantu abebesungule itulo, okubandakanya izakhamizi zaseColombia ezingama-26 nababili baseMelika baseHaiti. Isikhulu samaphoyisa kuzwelonke uLeon Charles ukuqinisekisile ngoLwesine ukuthi abantu abangu-15 baseColombia kanye nababili baseMelika baboshiwe, kwathi abanye abathathu babulawa ngesikhathi belwa namaphoyisa. Ngaleso sikhathi, wathi abanye abasolwa abayisishiyagalombili basagcwele amathafa.
Njengoba uvalo lwezinxushunxushu seludlange kakhulu, iHaiti isalokhu “isesimweni sokuvinjezelwa” ngokusemthethweni, lapho kubekelwa khona isikhathi sokuvinjelwa, ukuvalwa kwemingcele kanye nezilawuli ezinqala zabezindaba ezweni lonke, kuyilapho amasosha efakwe emaphoyiseni emigwaqweni. Umyalelo ophuthumayo wezinsuku eziyi-15 uzohlala usebenza kuze kube yile nyanga.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- While US State Department spokeswoman Jalina Porter also said during today’s press briefing that she could not confirm that such a request was made, White House press secretary Jen Psaki did note that federal agents from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security would be dispatched to the Haitian capital to assist “as soon as possible.
- Haiti's elections minister Mathias Pierre said that Haiti requested the United States to send US troops to to help stabilize the country and protect critical infrastructure like oil reserves, airport and port amid chaos following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
- According to the minister, the request was made after US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and President Joe Biden himself had “promised to help Haiti” in the wake of the president's assassination earlier this week.
