MALE – Iqoqo leziqhingi zaseMaldives, ezisatshiswa ngokunyuka kwamazinga olwandle okusolwa ngokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, lithe ngoMsombuluko lizokwethula intela entsha yemvelo kuzo zonke izivakashi ezisebenzisa izindawo zokungcebeleka futhi zihlinzeke nempilo yazo kwezomnotho.
Idume kakhulu ngezindawo zokungcebeleka ezisezingeni eliphezulu kanye neziqhingi ezinesihlabathi esimhlophe, iMaldives izenzele igama njengommeli wokunciphisa ukuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu ngoba ukukhuphuka kwamazinga olwandle kubikezelwa ukuthi kuzocwilisa iziqhingi zayo eziningi ngo-2100.
Umnotho waseMaldives wamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-850 uthola ngaphezu kwengxenye yesine yomkhiqizo wawo wasekhaya ovela kubavakashi, kodwa awukakakhokhi intela ukuze usize ukulwa nokuguquguquka kwesimo sezulu.
UMengameli uMohammed Nasheed, okwathi ngoMashi waveza izinhlelo zokwenza iMaldives izwe lokuqala emhlabeni elingathathi hlangothi phakathi neminyaka eyishumi, uthe maduze kuzokhokhiswa intela yemvelo kuzo zonke izivakashi.
“Sethule intela eluhlaza. Isendleleni. Kuyindaba yephalamende eliyigunyazayo futhi ngethemba ukuthi iphalamende lizoyigunyaza - $3 isivakashi ngasinye ngosuku,” uNasheed etshela izintatheli eMale, inhloko-dolobha ye-Indian Ocean archipelago.
Ngokusekelwe esilinganisweni sonyaka sezivakashi ezingu-700,000 ezichitha isilinganiso sezinsuku ezintathu eziqhingini, lokho kuhumushela kumaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-6.3 ngonyaka.
NgoMashi, uNasheed wethule uhlelo lwama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyi-1.1 lokuguqula iziqhingi zibe namandla avuselelekayo avela kumafutha ezinto ezimbiwa phansi, futhi athenge futhi acekele phansi amakhredithi ekhabhoni e-EU ukuze kunqandwe ukukhishwa kwegesi kubavakashi abahamba ngendiza bevakashela izindawo zabo zokungcebeleka.
Uhulumeni uvumile ukuthi udinga ukutshalwa kwezimali kwangaphandle ukuxhasa lezo zinhlelo, kanye nohambo lukaNasheed lwezingxoxo zesimo sezulu ze-UN eCopenhagen ngoDisemba.
Ngenyanga edlule ihhovisi lakhe lathi ngeke aze azihambele lezi zingxoxo ngenxa yenkinga yesabelomali ephoqe izwe ukuthi lifune imali elinganiselwa ku-$60 million ye-International Monetary Fund (IMF).
UNasheed uthe namanje akanazo izinhlelo zokuya “ngaphandle uma othile esisiza ngesihle. Ngethemba ukuthi kukhona ozosisiza.”
Uthe iMaldives ayinawo amandla atheni emiphumeleni yezingxoxo zaseCopenhagen, okuwukudala ozongena esikhundleni se-Kyoto Protocol, kodwa isibalo esikhulu.
“Asikho isidingo sokuthi iMaldives ingene esivumelwaneni. Yizwe elincane. Yi-India, China, Brazil, United States okufanele ijoyine,” kusho yena. "Akekho ozophuma ewinile ngaphandle kwesivumelwano."
