UNdunankulu waseThailand uSrettha Thavisin umemezele ukuthi uzokwethula umthethosivivinywa wokulingana ozogunyaza ukushada kwabantu bobulili obufanayo kuleliya lizwe, kanti iKhabhinethi yakhe izodingida ngalo mthethosivivinywa ngesonto elizayo.
Uma lo mthethosivivinywa uthola ukugunyazwa yikhabhinethi, uzolethwa ephalamende laseThailand ngoDisemba, kusho umkhulumeli kaNdunankulu.
Uma umthethosivivinywa uphasisa isishayamthetho futhi uba umthetho, Thailand lalizoba izwe lokuqala eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia eligunyaza imishado yongqingili.
Akekho noyedwa komakhelwane base-Thailand oqaphela umshado noma imishado yezitabane, ubutabane bujeziswa ngokuboshwa eMalaysia naseMyanmar.
Umthethosivivinywa wokulingana kwemishado ophakanyiswe undunankulu waseThailand cishe uzobhekana nokuphikiswa okuncane ephalamende. Umfelandawonye wamaqembu ayi-11 kaThavisin uyaweseka lo mthetho, njengoba kwenza umfelandawonye wamaqembu ayisishiyagalombili womholi ophikisayo uPita Limjaroenrat, owathembisa ukwethula umthethosivivinywa ofanayo ngemuva kokuwina izihlalo eziningi kulolu khetho lukazwelonke lwangoMeyi, kodwa wehluleka ukusungula uhulumeni.
I-Thailand ine-subculture echumayo yongqingili, nokho-ke, imithetho yezwe iqinile, futhi ayiqapheli imishado yabantu bobulili obufanayo noma izinyunyana zomphakathi.
Amazwe amabili kuphela kulo lonke elase-Asia - i-Taiwan ne-Nepal - anikeza imibhangqwana eyizitabane amalungelo angokomthetho afanayo nezithandani ezinobulili obuhlukile.
“Ngibona lo (umthethosivivinywa) ubalulekile ukuze umphakathi ulingane,” kusho uNdunankulu uThavisin, wengeza ngokuthi uzophinde ethule eminye imithetho emibili; enye ivumela abantu abashintsha ubulili ukuthi bashintshe ubulili babo emibhalweni esemthethweni, kanti enye ivumela ukudayisa ngomzimba ngokusemthethweni.
Njengamanje, ukudayisa ngomzimba akukho emthethweni eThailand, naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ucansi luthengiswa obala ezindaweni zokucima ukoma zaseThai nasezindaweni zokudonsa izivakashi; futhi uhulumeni akaziboni izinguquko zobulili, nakuba kunabantu abacishe babe yi-315,000 abashintsha ubulili ezweni.
Ngombukiso walo nyaka waseBangkok Pride odonse abahlanganyeli abangaphezu kuka-50,000, undunankulu waseThailand uphinde wathi uzonxenxa iThailand ukuba isingathe umkhosi we-World Pride ka-2028.
