Ngemuva kokuthi uhulumeni wase-Ukraine ecele ukuthi kuhlolwe izimpawu 'Z' kanye 'V' ezisetshenziswa yiRussia ukukhombisa impi yayo yodlame eqhubekayo e-Ukraine, eLatvia - izwe elaliyiriphabhulikhi yaseSoviet, manje eyilungu le-EU kanye ne-NATO, lashaya umthetho omusha ovimbela udlame. ukuvezwa esidlangalaleni kwezinhlamvu 'Z' kanye 'V'.
Umthetho omusha owamukelwe yiphalamende laseLatvia uthi izimpawu 'Z' kanye 'V' ezisetshenziswa amasosha aseRussia Ukraine ziqhakambisa ulaka futhi ubugebengu bempi manje seyengezwa ezimpawini ezivinjelwe ngokusemthethweni ezikhazimulisa imibuso yamaNazi noma yamaKhomanisi.
Iphalamende lase-Latvia lisebenzise inqubo ephuthumayo yokuvotela izichibiyelo ezivimbela ukuboniswa kobudlova bezempi nezimpawu zobugebengu bempi emicimbini yomphakathi.
Umthetho uphinde uthi azikho izimvume zemicimbi yomphakathi ezonikezwa uma igcinwe ngaphakathi kwamamitha angama-200 esikhumbuzo 'esikhumbula' ibutho laseSoviet elisekhona. Latvia. Abantu abalahlwe yicala ngaphansi komthetho omusha bazohlawuliswa imali efika ku-€400, kanti izinkampani zingahlawuliswa imali efika ku-€3,200.
“Ekugxekeni ubutha baseRussia e-Ukraine, kufanele sithathe isinyathelo esiqinile sokuthi izimpawu ezikhazimulisa ubudlova bezempi yaseRussia, njengezinhlamvu ‘Z’, ‘V’ noma ezinye izimpawu ezisetshenziselwa lezi zinhloso, azinandawo emicimbini yomphakathi,” u-Artuss. UKaimins, usihlalo weKhomishini Yamalungelo Abantu Nezindaba Zomphakathi eSaeima, esitatimendeni.
Izifundazwe ezimbalwa zaseJalimane sezivele zishilo ukuthi zizohlawulisa abantu ngokukhombisa uphawu. Umakhelwane waseLatvia, iLithuania, naye ucubungula ukuvinjelwa kwe-Z, kanye neribhoni elimnyama nelowolintshi lika-St. George, elisetshenziswe abantu baseRussia.
Izinhlamvu zesiRashiya, ezisebenzisa isiCyrillic, azinayo 'V' noma 'Z' kuyo. Zombili lezi zimpawu zisetshenziselwe ukumaka izimoto zaseRussia ezibamba iqhaza empini yodlame lwaseRussia olubhekene nenkosi yase-Ukraine ngenyanga edlule.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “In condemning Russia's hostilities in Ukraine, we must take a firm stand that the symbols glorifying Russian military aggression, such as the letters ‘Z', ‘V' or other symbols used for such purposes, have no place in public events,” Artuss Kaimins, chair of the Saeima's Human Rights and Public Affairs Commission, said in a statement.
- A former Soviet republic, now an EU and NATO member, enacted a new law banning the public display of the letters ‘Z' and ‘V'.
- Both symbols have been used to mark Russian vehicles taking part in Russia’s war of aggression against sovereign Ukraine over the past month.
