Arthur Greene
Uma uke uzizwe uphatheke kabi ngempendulo kahulumeni wakuleli ngalolu bhubhane, khumbula nje ukuthi indoda engasokudla enguNdunankulu wase-UK uBoris Johnson wayethini ngomphathi wakhe wakudala.
UDominic Cummings, usomaqhinga ophinde abe umeluleki osondelene kaBrexit noJohnson, namuhla bahlala phambi kwamalungu ePhalamende baqhubeka nokusola uhulumeni omusha.
Ngemuva kokuxoshwa nguJohnson ngoLwezi owedlule ngesikhathi kunombango weqembu, uCummings waba nesithangami sobufakazi bemijaho namalungu ePhalamende ngoLwesithathu.
Nalu uhlu lwezikhathi ezibalulekile kusukela ntambama:
● Amazwi akhe okuvula aqala ngokuthi, “Ongqongqoshe abaphezulu, izikhulu kanye nabeluleki abanjengami baphelelwa lokululeka umphakathi onelungelo lokwazi ukuthi yini okumele liwalindela esimeni esibucayi njengalesi.”
● Ezinsukwini zokuqala zalolu bhubhane, uthe, “Abantu abaningi ababalulekile babebaleka maphakathi noNhlolanja” kunokuba babhekane nale nkinga.
● NgoNdasa mhla ziyi-10, isikhulu esiphezulu sehhovisi leKhabhinethi seza ehhovisi likaJohnson sizomxwayisa ngenhlekelele ezayo.
“Ngitshelwe iminyaka ukuthi kunohlelo olwenziwayo ngalokhu – alukho uhlelo,” uCummings uthi kwasho uMacNamara. “Ngize lapha ukuzokutshela ukuthi ngicabanga ukuthi sisenkingeni.”
● Mhla ziyi-12 kuNdasa, uCummings uthi wathumela incwadi kuJohnson yokuthi wayecabanga ukuthi ihhovisi leKhabinethi “isenkingeni,” futhi wachaza uJohnson “njengomuntu ongawufanele umsebenzi” wokuba undunankulu.
● Uthe emasontweni amathathu aholela kumhla ziyi-13 kuNdasa, ingozi yokushona kwabantu abayizi-500 000 nge-Covid-19 e-UK isuke ekuboneni ososayensi nezikhulu njengokuncane, kwaba ngamathuba angama-20% ngomhla zimbili kuNdasa, kuya “ekucabangeni okuphakathi” ngomhla ziyi-13 kuNdasa.
● Usole uNobhala Wezwe Wezempilo, uMatt Hancock, ngokuthi ungumqambimanga futhi uthi bekufanele axoshwe okungenani amahlandla ayi-15.
Uthe uJohnson empeleni wasondela ekumxosheni, kodwa watshela uCummings ukuthi kufanele agcinwe kuze kube khona uphenyo lomphakathi, ngaleso sikhathi lapho angasolwa ngokuhluleka kukahulumeni.
● UCummings uqinisekise imibiko esabalele yokuthi uJohnson uthe emhlanganweni uzobona “izidumbu zinqwabelana” kunokuyalela ukuthi kube nomvalelo wesithathu.
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