“Lona akuwona umbhikisho onokuthula,” Canada' UNdunankulu uJustin Trudeau uthe enkulumweni yanamuhla, ekhuluma ngalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "i-Freedom Convoy" imibhikisho yamaloli kanye nokuvinjelwa e-Ottawa kanye nokuwela imingcele eminingi yaseCanada e-US.
“Ukuvinjwa ngokungemthetho” bekulokhu “kuphazamisa izimpilo zabantu abaningi baseCanada,” Trudeau ungeze.
Ngemuva kokubonisana nondunankulu, uhulumeni kanye nabaphikisi, "uhulumeni wobumbano usebenzise uMthetho Wezimo Eziphuthumayo," kumemezela uTrudeau, eqinisekisa eminye imibiko yasekuqaleni kosuku ukuthi uzokwenza lokho.
Trudeau usecele uMthetho Wezimo Eziphuthumayo okokuqala ngqa emlandweni waseCanada namuhla, ecaphuna usongo lwe "Freedom Convoy" enhlalakahleni yesizwe.
Izinyathelo zizobe "zikhawulelwe isikhathi, ziqondiswe ngokwendawo, futhi zibe nengqondo futhi zilingane nezinsongo ezihloselwe ukubhekana nazo," kusho uNdunankulu.
“Lokhu kumayelana nokugcina AmaCanada kuphephile, kuvikelwe imisebenzi yabantu, kubuyelwe ukuzethemba ezikhungweni zethu,” usho kanje. "Siqinisa izimiso, izindinganiso nezikhungo ezigcina bonke abantu baseCanada bekhululekile."
Umthetho Wezimo Eziphuthumayo awubandakanyi ukubiza amasosha noma ukumiswa kwamalungelo ayisisekelo nenkululeko.
Kungokokuqala ukuthi uhulumeni waseCanada asebenzise uMthetho Wezimo Eziphuthumayo, owaphasiswa ngo-1988 ukuze ungene esikhundleni soMthetho Wezinyathelo Zempi ka-1914.
I-WMA yasetshenziswa ngazo zombili izimpi zomhlaba ukufundisa abantu baseCanada abadabuka eJalimane naseJapan futhi ibeke imingcele emnothweni, phakathi kwezinye izinto.
Kwakamuva nje kucelwe ngo-1970 ngubaba kaTrudeau uPierre ukuthi ahlasele abahlukanisi baseQuebec ababebulale ummeli. Babalelwa ku-500 abantu ababeboshiwe kuleso senzakalo.
Izinkulungwane zabashayeli bamaloli baseCanada kanye nalabo abazwelana nabo baye babamba iqhaza emibhikishweni ezweni lonke kusukela ngoJanuwari 22, lapho "i-Freedom Convoy" ishayela ezweni lonke ukuyothatha iphalamende e-Ottawa kusukela ngoJanuwari 29. Ababhikishi baphinde bavala imingcele eminingana phakathi Canada kanye ne-USA, iphazamisa uchungechunge lwezokuthutha, ilimaza ukuhamba kwezimpahla futhi ibangele ukulahlekelwa kwezimali ezimbonini ezibalulekile kuwo womabili la mazwe. Ababhikishi bafuna ukuthi kuqedwe umgomo we-COVID-19 kanye nemiyalelo yemaski.
Trudeau igxeke abashayeli bamaloli “njengedlanzana elincane elinemibono engamukeleki.”
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history today, citing the threat of “Freedom Convoy” to the well-being of the nation.
- Kungokokuqala ukuthi uhulumeni waseCanada asebenzise uMthetho Wezimo Eziphuthumayo, owaphasiswa ngo-1988 ukuze ungene esikhundleni soMthetho Wezinyathelo Zempi ka-1914.
- Thousands of Canadian truck drivers and their sympathizers have taken part in nationwide protests since January 22, with a “Freedom Convoy” driving across the country to picket the parliament in Ottawa starting on January 29.
