Arthur Greene
INhlangano Yezizwe isikuhoxisile ukunikela kwayo ngeqhaza lokuba inxusa elikhethekile kulowo owayenguNgqongqishe wezempilo waseMelika uMatt Hancock owake wabhekana nenhlekelele, ngemuva kokuba lezi zindaba zihlangabezane nentukuthelo yomphakathi.
UHancock uthe ngesonto eledlule uzizwe ehloniphekile ngokunikezwa lo msebenzi, obekuzobandakanya ukusiza umnotho wase-Afrika ukuba uphinde usimame ngemuva kokuwiswa ubhubhane.
Kodwa-ke, izindaba zihlangabezane nokudideka okuhambisana nentukuthelo e-Afrika nase-Europe.
UHancock akagcinanga nje ngokwengamela izinkinga ezadala inhlekelele emhlabeni kubhubhane lwe-coronavirus e-Melika, kodwa “wasiza ukuvimba” amazwe asathuthuka ekukhiqizeni imishanguzo yawo ye-Covid-19.
UNick Dearden, umphathi weqembu lomkhankaso i-Global Justice Now, ubhale wathi: “UMatt Hancock usize ukuvimba imizamo yamazwe omhlaba yokuvumela amazwe anhlwempu kanye namazwe adla izambane likapondo ukuba akhiqize imigomo yawo yokugomela i-Covid-19, okuholele ekufeni kwezigidi eNingizimu yomhlaba wonke.
“Isibindi sale ndoda ethi isiza amazwe ase-Afrika nokugqugquzela intuthuko siyabheda.
NgoLwesihlanu, okhulumela iNhlangano Yezizwe ngokusemthethweni uthe ukuqokwa kukaNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo wangaphambilini ngeke kusaba yimpumelelo.
Ngakusasa, uHancock wathi lesi sicelo sihoxisweal ngoba “umthetho weNhlangano Yezizwe wezobuchwepheshe usuvele wacaciseleka ngenye indlela.
Umthetho, uthe, “amalungu asePhalamende awakwazi ukuba ngabamela iNhlangano Yezizwe.”
Kodwa-ke, kunezibonelo zangaphambilini zamalungu ePhalamende ahlezi ehlanganyela neNhlangano Yezizwe. UNdunankulu wangaphambilini uGordon Brown waqokwa njengenxusa elikhethekile ngonyaka wezi-2012.
UMatt Hancock wesule njengoNgqongqoshe wezeMpilo ngoNhlangulana ngemuva kokuvela kwezithombe zakhe eqabula umsizi osebenza ehhovisini lakhe ngesikhathi somvalelandlini eMelika.
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