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UMongameli Joe Biden uzovakashela e-Alabama ngeSonto ukuyogubha umhlaka-58 isikhumbuzo sengqophamlando ye-Bloody Sunday imashi eyakhuthaza ukunyakaza kweCivil Rights futhi yasiza ekuholeleni ekwandiseni amalungelo okuvota.
Ukuma kukaBiden eSelma kuza njengoba yena namanye amaDemocrats bezabalaza ukudlulisa ezabo izinyathelo zamalungelo okuvota, ngamathemba afiphele okudlula eNdlu yabaMeli elawulwa yiRiphabhulikhi.
Noma kunjalo, uBiden uhlela ukwenza izingcingo ezintsha zokuvikela ukuvota lapho ekhuluma ese-Edmund Pettus Bridge, lapho ngo-1965 iqembu labamashi bamalungelo omphakathi lashaywa ngamasosha ombuso waseWhite njengoba lizama ukuwela.
Umongameli uzobamba iqhaza ohambweni lwaminyaka yonke lokunqamula ibhuloho ukuze akhumbule izehlakalo, eziqubule intukuthelo futhi zasiza ukugqugquzela ukwesekwa koMthetho Wamalungelo Okuvota. Phakathi kwababhikishi abashayiwe kubalwa nongasekho owayeyilungu laseMelika uJohn Lewis.
Ngaphandle kwendawo yakhe emlandweni, uSelma naye usalulama iziphepho ezibhubhisayo ezihlasele ezinyangeni ezimbili ezedlule.
Akukhona okokuqala uBiden ehambela imicimbi yesikhumbuzo seminyaka eSelma; ngo-2020, ngesikhathi egaqele isikhundla sikamongameli, wakhuluma esontweni le-Brown Chapel AME Church ngesikhathi esebenza enkantolo yabavoti abamnyama ngaphambi kweSuper ngoLwesibili.
“Sihlehliselwe emuva futhi sehlulekile. Sibone ngokusobala ukuthi uma unikeza inzondo noma iyiphi indawo yokuphefumula iyabuya,” esho enkulumeni yakhe ngaleso sikhathi.
Biden uzoqhubeka nokuwina ukuqokwa kweDemocratic Alliance kanye nokuba ngumongameli, ngenxa yengxenye enkulu yokwesekwa kwakhe abavoti abaMnyama.
IPhini likaMongameli uKamala Harris, owathi imele abaphathi emcimbini wokugubha unyaka odlule, esitatimendeni sangeSonto wathi “iMelika ibone ukuhlaselwa okusha kwenkululeko yokuvota.”
“Abashisekeli basebenzele ukudiliza izivikelo zokuvota izizukulwane zabaholi bamalungelo omphakathi kanye nabameli abalwela ngokuzinikela ukuze bawine. Bakhuculule abavoti kuma-rolls. Bazivalile izindawo zokuvota. Sebekwenze icala ukuphuzisa abantu abami kulayini,” kusho yena.
Ngesikhathi somcimbi wangonyaka odlule, uHarris wafunga ukuthi yena noBiden “bazobeka amandla aphelele egatsha eliphezulu ngemuva kwemizamo yethu esabelana ngayo” ngenkathi egxeka abenzi bezomthetho baseRiphabhlikhi ngokuvota ukuvimba ukuphasiswa koMthetho Wokuthuthukiswa Kwamalungelo Okuvota kaJohn Lewis kanye noMthetho Wenkululeko Yokuvota. . Ucele labo ababebuthene ezansi kwe-Edmund Pettus Bridge “ukuba baqhubeke nokuphoqa iSenethi ukuthi lingavumeli umthetho we-arcane ukuthi usenqabele ilungelo elingcwele.”
NgeSonto, uBiden uhlela “ukukhuluma ngokubaluleka kokukhumbula i-Bloody Sunday ukuze umlando ungasulwa,” ngokusho kukaNobhala we-White House uKarine Jean-Pierre.
“Uzogqamisa ukuthi ukuqhubeka nokulwela amalungelo okuvota kubaluleke kangakanani ekuletheni ubulungiswa bezomnotho namalungelo abantu abamnyama baseMelika,” kusho yena.
I-Bloody Sunday ikhumbula lapho, ngo-1965, Abantu abangu-600 baqale imashi esuka eSelma iya eMontgomery, e-Alabama, befuna iphele ukucwasa ekubhaliseni ukuvota. Ebhulohweni lase-Edmund Pettus, abameli bombuso nabendawo bahlasele ababemasha ngamakilabhu anemali nesisi esikhalisa izinyembezi, babaphindisela eSelma. Abantu abangu-17 bangeniswe esibhedlela kwathi inqwaba yalimala ngamaphoyisa.
Le ndaba ibuyekeziwe ngolwazi olwengeziwe ngeSonto.
