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UMengameli uJoe Biden ngoMsombuluko usayine njengomthetho isinqumo sokuvimba umthethosivivinywa oyimpikiswano waseWashington, DC, abaphikisi abawugxeke njengobuthakathaka ebugebengwini.
Umzamo wokuvimba umthethosivivinywa wobugebengu uhlukanise amaDemocrats futhi wagqamisa ukulingana okunzima iqembu elizama ukuteleka njengoba amaRepublican ebasola ngokwehluleka ukubhekana nodaba lobugebengu.
ISenethi bavote ekuqaleni kwale nyanga ukudlulisa isinqumo esiholwa yiRiphabhulikhi. Futhi ngenkathi inani elikhulu lamaDemocrats ekugcineni lisisekelile isinqumo, isimemezelo sika Biden ukuthi ngeke avume wamangala futhi wacasula amalungu eqembu lakhe njengoba abaningi bekholelwa ukuthi uKhongolose akufanele ugxambukele ezindabeni zezombusazwe zesifunda.
INdlu yasiphasisa lesi sinqumo ngoFebhuwari ngaphambi kokumenyezelwa kwe-veto kaBiden, namaDemocrat ayi-173 avota ngokumelene nayo.
Usihlalo woMkhandlu we-DC uzame ukuhoxa umthetho ovela ekubuyekezweni kwekhongolose ngemuva kokucaca ukuthi isinqumo sokungavunywa sasisendleleni yokuphasisa iSenethi ngokusekelwa kabanzi. Kodwa lokho kuzama ukuhoxa akuzange kuvimbe ivoti leSenethi ukuthi liqhubekele phambili.
Amademokhrasi amaningi aphikisa ngokuthi inkulumompikiswano yomphakathi mayelana nomthethosivivinywa wobugebengu ayinalutho, ikhomba izinqubomgomo eziphikisana nemiyalezo “ebuthakathaka ebugebengwini” ezungeze lo mthethosivivinywa.
“Inkulumompikiswano mayelana nomthetho wobugebengu we-DC isuka kancane. Yehlisa izinga lokudunwa kwemoto libe yiminyaka engama-24, kodwa lokho KUQHUBEKA nezifunda eziningi. Futhi lo mthethosivivinywa UKHUZA izigwebo zokuzama ukubulala, ukuzama ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi, ukuhlukumeza ngokocansi ngendlela engafanele kanye nobunye ubugebengu obuningi,” iDemocratic Sen. Chris Murphy kuTwitter ekuqaleni kwale nyanga.
AmaRiphabhulikhi, ngakolunye uhlangothi, abize umthethosivivinywa wobugebengu we-DC uyingozi futhi awunasibopho.
“ICongress inikezwe umsebenzi wokwengamela iWashington, DC – isifunda sombuso lapho abantu kufanele baphephe ukuhlala nokusebenza. Isifunda kufanele sibeke isibonelo ezweni lonke ngokushaya umthetho owenza izakhamuzi nezivakashi zaso ziphephe – hhayi kancane ziphephe,” uSenila weRiphabhulikhi uBill Hagerty waseTennessee, umxhasi oholayo wesinqumo eSigele,usizo esitatimendeni.
Umthethosivivinywa wobugebengu obuyimpikiswano wawu ekuqaleni vetoed yiMeya ye-DC uMuriel Bowser, iDemocrat, noBowser esitatimendeni ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi umthethosivivinywa “awusenzi siphephe.” Encwadini ayibhalele usihlalo womkhandlu we-DC, uBowser uzwakalise ukukhathazeka ngokuthi “umkhandlu uzehlise kakhulu izinhlawulo zokugebenga, ukuntshontshwa kwezimoto nokugqekezwa kwabantu emakhaya.”
Umkhandlu, nokho, ivotele ukwedlula ivoto yemeya. “Amashumi eminyaka okwanda okumangazayo kokuboshwa akubanga yisixazululo ekukhuleni kobugebengu,” kusho ukukhishwa komkhandlu mayelana nokuchithwa kwe-veto.
Ngokuhlukana, uBiden usayine isilinganiso ngoMsombuluko esizodinga ukuthi uMqondisi Wezobunhloli Kuzwelonke ahlukanise ubuhlakani obuningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngemvelaphi ye-coronavirus, kanye nanoma yikuphi ukuxhumana phakathi kwaleli gciwane ne-Wuhan Institute of Virology. Izikhulu zeWhite House sekuphele izinsuku zenqaba ukusho ukuthi uyaweseka yini lo mthethosivivinywa.
Esitatimendeni ngemuva nje kokuthi umongameli esayine lo mthethosivivinywa, uBiden uthe “uhlanganyela umgomo weCongress” wokukhipha imininingwane eminingi mayelana nemvelaphi yeCovid-19.
“Kudingeka sifinyelele phansi ngemvelaphi ye-COVID-19 ukuze sisize ukuqinisekisa ukuthi singanqanda kangcono ubhubhane lwesikhathi esizayo,” kusho uBiden. “Abaphathi bami bazoqhubeka nokubuyekeza yonke imininingwane ehlukanisiwe ehlobene nemvelaphi ye-COVID-19, okuhlanganisa nezixhumanisi ezingase zibe khona eWuhan Institute of Virology.”
