Washington, DC - US Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan kanye nozakwabo abavela eGuam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico nase-US Virgin Islands babhalele uSomlomo uNancy Pelosi kanye noMholi Omkhulu uSteny Hoyer, kanye noSihlalo uHenry Waxman kanye neLungu Lesikhundla uJoe Barton we IKomidi Lamandla Nezohwebo licela lolo limi okuhlanganisa ne-US Territories ukuthi lufakwe ku-S. 1023, uMthetho Wokukhuthaza Ukuhamba ka-2009.
Umthetho weSigele usungula Inhlangano engenzi nzuzo Yokuphromotha Ukuvakasha eMnyangweni Wezohwebo wase-US ukukhuthaza uhambo lwamazwe ngamazwe oluya e-US States kanye neSifunda sase-Columbia. Umthetho uphinde ubeke inkokhelo engu-$10 yabahambi bamazwe ngamazwe abangena e-US, okuhlanganisa nezindawo.
“Inkinga ngalo mthetho,” kusho uSablan, “iwukuthi ama-Territories afaka imali ohlelweni, kodwa awatholi lutho.
"Uma abahambi bamazwe ngamazwe abavakashela i-CNMI kudingeke ukuthi bakhokhe imali engu-$10 ukuze baxhase Inhlangano, khona-ke umgomo weNhlangano kufanele kube ukukhuthaza ukuya kuzo zonke izingxenye ze-US - okuhlanganisa i-CNMI nezinye izindawo zase-US."
Udaba lwalethwa kuSablan yiMarianas Visitors Authority. USablan wabe esebhala incwadi ukuze kuzuze ithimba lendawo.
"Amanye amandla izifunda zase-US ezinawo kuCongress ubudlelwano bazo obuhle bokusebenzisana," kusho uSablan. “Uma omunye wethu ebona inkinga esikhathazayo, siyazisana futhi sisebenzisane ukuyixazulula.”
Ngaphezu kodaba loxhaso, le ncwadi iphinda icele ukuthi omele i-Territories abe yilungu lebhodi Lenhlangano ehlongozwayo.
“Ezokuvakasha ziyisisekelo somnotho wethu, ikakhulukazi abavakashi bamazwe ngamazwe, futhi kudingeka siqinisekise ukuthi izifunda zinezwi ekukhangiseni ezokuvakasha zamazwe ngamazwe e-United States,” kusho uKilili.
"Lokhu kungaba umthethosivivinywa omuhle - uma kusisiza ukuthi sakhe uhwebo lwethu lwezokuvakasha."
