Arthur Greene
Impi yombango yezinsuku ezimbili kahulumeni wase-UK isiphelile. NgoLwesine ekuseni, uBoris Johnson wenze intando yekhabhinethi yakhe wavuma ukusula njengoNdunankulu.
Ukubuyekezwa kwabezindaba kulandelwe ngokufanelekile. Abalingani bakhe bamdumise njengendoda “ephume kahle esikhundleni,” ngesikhathi izitha zakhe zigqamisa amanga akhe nokungabi namthetho.
Kodwa ingabe impi isiphelile ngempela? Futhi kungenzeka yini ukuthi lo Ndunankulu olambele amandla uzosishiya ngempela isikhundla sakhe?
Ngesikhathi kuvela izindaba zokuthi uJohnson uvumile ukusula esikhundleni, abantu abaningi bebecabanga ukuthi uzobe esengekho ehhovisi lakhe ekupheleni kosuku. Phela, ukwesula kwabangu-60 emahoreni angu-48 edlule kushiye uhulumeni wakhe ungenalutho.
Kodwa kusheshe kwavela imibiko yokuthi uzovuma ukwehla esikhundleni ngoMfumfu uma sekukhethwe ozongena esikhundleni sakhe.
Uqinisekise lezi zindaba ekuqaleni kwenkulumo yakhe yokwesula ngesikhathi ethi, “uhlelo lokukhetha umholi omusha kumele luqale manje. Uhlelo lwezikhathi luzomenyezelwa ngesonto elizayo futhi namuhla ngiqoke ikhabhinethi ezosebenza, njengoba nami ngizoqhubeka nokuhola kuze kungene umholi omusha.”
Abantu baqale bathuka. Lokhu bekungamukelekile, umholi weqembu eliphikisayo uKeir Starmer kanye namalungu amaningana kahulumeni kaJohnson bavumile ukuthi kuzodingeka ukuthi asuswe ngokushesha.
Ngakho-ke ngesikhathi ephetha inkulumo yakhe yokwesula, impi yokufuna akhishwe emandleni iqhubekele phambili.
Iqembu likaStarmer i-Labour lithi lizophusha ivoti lokungamethembi uma ethi uzoqhubeka nokubusa ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo.
Kodwa noma ngabe uJohnson engakwazi ukubambelela emsebenzini wakhe okwamanje, angethenjwa yini ukuthi uzoma emagameni akhe?
Kuyacaca ukuthi ukholelwa ukuthi imithetho evamile esiphila ngayo sonke ayisebenzi kuye. Lokhu wakubonisa njengomfana wesikole ozidlayo, njengentatheli engathembekile, ekugcineni njengosopolitiki okhohlakele.
Kodwa kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe ubesebenzisa ngokungahloniphi umthetho – kanye nokuziphatha okubi – ukuze aphendle indlela yakhe eya esikhundleni esiphakeme esinamandla.
Esayingane, uJohnson wamemezela isifiso sakhe sokuthi ngelinye ilanga ufuna ukuba “iNkosi yoMhlaba” kanti kusukela lapho ukulambela isikhundla esinamandla akukaze kwehle.