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OwayenguMongameli waseMelika uCarter ubekwe endaweni yokunakekelwa kwabagulela ukufa, enquma ukugwema “ukungenelela kwezokwelapha,” iCarter Center imemezele ngoMgqibelo.
Lowo owayengumongameli oneminyaka engu-98 ubudala wenze isinqumo sakhe kulandela uchungechunge lokuvakashela esibhedlela, ngokusho kweCarter Center, iqembu elingenzi nzuzo elasungulwa ukuze lenze imisebenzi yokupha elisekelwa owayengumongameli kanye nalowo owayenguNkosazana Wokuqala uRosalynn Carter.
“Ngemva kochungechunge lokuhlala isikhashana esibhedlela, owayenguMongameli waseMelika uJimmy Carter namuhla unqume ukuchitha isikhathi sakhe esisele ekhaya nomndeni wakhe futhi athole ukunakekelwa kwabagulela ukufa esikhundleni sokungenelela okwengeziwe kwezokwelapha. Wesekwa ngokugcwele umndeni wakhe nethimba lakhe lezokwelapha,” kusho isitatimende seCarter Centre.
“Umndeni wakwaCarter ucela ubumfihlo ngalesi sikhathi futhi ubonga kakhulu ngokukhathazeka okukhonjiswe abalandeli bakhe abaningi,” kusho inhlangano engenzi nzuzo.
Isitatimende asishongo ukuthi kungani uCarter engene ephuma esibhedlela.
Ngo-2015, uCarter wabika ukuthi useqalile elashwa okwe I-melanoma, kulandela ukuhlinzwa ukuze kukhishwe inqwaba esibindini sakhe. Ezinyangeni kamuva, wabika ukuthi ukuhlolwa akusabonisi zimpawu zomdlavuza.
Ngo-2019, izinyanga ngemuva kokushona kowayenguMongameli uGeorge HW Bush, uCarter waba ngumongameli umongameli ophile isikhathi eside kunabo bonke emlandweni wase-US. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili, ngemuva kokuchitha isikhathi esiningi sobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 behlala ekhaya labo ePlains, eGa, abakwaCarters bakhethe ukungayi ukugcotshwa kukaMongameli Joe Biden. Bekungokokuqala bengaphuthelwa wumcimbi onjena selokhu aqokwa njengomengameli, ngokusho kwe-Associated Press.
UCarter wakhethwa ngo-1976 futhi wasebenza isikhathi esisodwa seminyaka emine. Ngemuva kokwehlulwa okhethweni kabusha, uziphonsele emisebenzini yokusiza umphakathi. Ngo-1982, yena nomkakhe basungula i-Carter Centre, eyacindezela izixazululo ezinokuthula ezingxabanweni zomhlaba, yathuthukisa amalungelo abantu futhi yasebenzela ukuqeda izifo emazweni ampofu.
Ngisho nangemva kokulwa kwakhe nomdlavuza ngo-2015, uCarter waqhubeka hlala usebenza ne-Habitat for Humanity, inhlangano esiza abantulayo eyakha ikhaya lapho yena nomkakhe ababehlanganyele khona amashumi eminyaka.
