Riaan Ngasekuqaleni kwale nyanga, iqembu labenzi bomthetho base-Oregon lawuyeka umsebenzi, lamisa iSenethi yezwe.
Lesi sinyathelo siza ngemuva kokuthi amaDemocrats eNdlu ephasise izikweletu ezimayelana nokuhushulwa kwezisu, ukuphepha kwezibhamu kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwabantu abashintsha ubulili amaRepublican, okuyidlanzana esiShayamthetho sase-Oregon, aziphikise kakhulu.
Maningi indawo yokuxoxisana ngakunye kwalezi zindaba. Eqinisweni, lowo ngumsebenzi walabo abakhethelwe ukusimela: uhlaka lomthetho, phikisana ngokufaneleka kwawo futhi wenze izinguquko lapho kudingeka khona ukuze uzuze ukusekelwa iningi labashayamthetho.
Inqubo ayihlali iyinhle ngaso sonke isikhathi. (Faka umugqa odumile lapha ukuqhathanisa nomthetho nokwenza amasoseji.) Ukuvumelana kuvame ukukhungathekisa, kungashiyi muntu oneliseke ngokugcwele; kungase kube nzima ikakhulukazi uma iphathi yakho ngedlanzana futhi uvamise ukuvotelwa.
Kodwa yindlela uhlelo lwethu olusebenza ngayo. Noma, okungenani, ukuthi kufanele kwenzeke kanjani. Ukhetho, njengoba besho, lunemiphumela, kanye nabaphumelele nabahluliwe.
Nokho, ngokwandayo, abenzi bomthetho bombuso baziba izimbuyiselo zokhetho futhi bafuna ukweqa imizwa ethandwayo ukuze baphoqelele intando yabo esikhundleni salokho.
Kuyisinyathelo esabisayo futhi siphinde sibe nomthelela ohlelweni lwethu lwentando yeningi oseluvele luntengantenga.
E-Oregon, unamalungu angu-12 eRiphabhulikhi kanye nezizimele ezisebenza njengabahluliwe kakhulu, noma kunalokho izingane ezithathe ibhola zazo zabuyela ekhaya, zibambezela izinyathelo ezingamakhulu ezikweletu kanye nokuphasiswa kwesabelomali sombuso.
Ukumiswa komsebenzi, okuqale ngoMeyi 3, kuyaqhubeka njengoba cishe ishumi nambili abenzi bomthetho bebhekene nokuhoxiswa ekufuneni ukuqokwa kabusha ngaphansi komthetho omusha okuhloswe ngawo ukuvimbela ukuphuma okunjalo.
Okuningi kulokho ngomzuzwana.
Umholi weSenate Minerals Oregon, uTim Knopp, ekhuluma nezintatheli eCapitol yesifundazwe, ukuvikele ukuduba kwe-GOP, okwesine kusukela ngo-2019.
(Amanda Loman / Associated Press)
Kwenye indawo, futhi okucashile nakakhulu, imizamo yokufiphaza elinye lamathuluzi asebenza kahle kakhulu entando yeningi eqondile – isinyathelo esivunyiwe isakhamuzi – ngokwenza kube nzima kubavoti ukuthi badlule abenzi bomthetho futhi benze izinyathelo ebhokisini lokuvota.
Ukubeka imigoqo ekuvoteni kubi ngokwanele, kusikisela uKelly Hall, umqondisi omkhulu we-Fairness Project, iqembu elithuthukayo. “Manje sekungukuthi, ‘Singawanciphisa kanjani amandla alabo…abafika endaweni yokuvota? ””
Okuningi okuphambene nentando yeningi kugqugquzelwa wudaba lokuhushulwa kwezisu, osekunepolitiki ewumgogodla wepolitiki kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. U-Roe vs. Wade ugumbuqelwe yiNkantolo Ephakeme ehlobo eledlule.
Abavoti basheshe bazithathela izindaba ezandleni zabo, ukugunyaza izinyathelo zokuvota ukuqinisekisa ukuthi ukukhishwa kwezisu kuhlala kuphephile futhi kusemthethweni ezifundazweni eziyishumi nambili, okuhlanganisa nezinqaba eziqinile njengeKansas, Kentucky kanye neMontana.
Abenzi bomthetho be-GOP baphendule ngokufinyelela ozankosi.
E-Ohio, isiShayamthetho silwa nemizamo yokugcizelela amalungelo okuhushula izisu kumthethosisekelo wezwe ngokuzama ukwenza kube nzima ukudlulisa uhlelo oluhloselwe ukuvota kukaNovemba.
Ukhetho oluyisipesheli obeluhlelelwe u-August luzobuza abavoti ukuthi bawunyuse yini umkhawulo wokuchibiyela umthethosisekelo basuke ekusekelweni iningi – okubonakala sengathi ukuhushula isisu kuyakuthokozela – kuya ku-60%.
Kwezinye izindawo, abenzi bomthetho abazihluphi nokufuna imibono yabavoti.
Umthethosivivinywa ophasiswe yisiShayamthetho esilawulwa yiRiphabhulikhi yase-Arkansas futhi wasayinwa ngu GOP Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders kwenza kube nzima ukuthola izindlela zokuvota ngokuphinda kabili inani lezifunda lapho amasignesha kufanele aqoqwe khona, ukusuka ku-15 kuye kwangama-50.
Umthetho waseMissouri obungaphakamisa imfuneko yokugunyaza ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo usuka kwabaningi uya ku-57% wahlungwa waze wafa, kodwa amaRiphabhlikhi afunga ukuthi azophinde aveze ngonyaka ozayo ngomzamo wokuvimba uhlelo lwamalungelo okukhishwa kwezisu.
Imizamo efanayo yokubukela phansi intando yeningi yezakhamuzi isemisebenzini noma ecatshangelwa e-Idaho, eNyakatho Dakota nase-Wisconsin – zonke izifunda lapho i-GOP ilawula khona isishayamthetho.
Uma ucabanga ukuthi ukuhlukana kwezwe kwezombusazwe kanye nokuchema okujulile kubi manje, vele ulinde.
“Izindlela zokuvota zinikeza indlela yokusho ukuthi akumele uphelele noma ungabi nalutho,” kusho uHall, osebenza ngeFairness Project ukuze kuphasiswe umthetho oqhubekayo ngemizamo eholwa isakhamuzi.
“Ungaba umuntu odayiwe ngoboya,” eqhubeka, kodwa futhi ufuna amaholo aphezulu, ukukhishwa kwezisu okusemthethweni kanye nokunakekelwa kwezempilo okunwetshiwe futhi, uma enikezwa ithuba, uzovotela ukumisa lezo zinqubomgomo uma abenzi bomthetho benqaba.
“Ayanda amathuba okuthi abantu bahlanganyele kulezo zingxoxo,” kusho uHall.
E-Oregon – lapho abenzi bomthetho be-GOP bashiya khona umsebenzi ngo-2019, 2020 nango-2021 – abavoti abasuthi bagunyaza uhlelo lokuvota ngoNovemba odlule lokumisa uhlobo lwezepolitiki olubukiswayo manje. (Izingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zamalungu eSenethi angama-30 kufanele abe khona ukuze kuphasiswe umthetho.)
Iphushwa kwesokunxele sezombangazwe, i-Measure 113 ichitshiyelwe umthethosisekelo wase-Oregon ukuze ithi noma yimuphi ummeli ophuthelwe amaseshini ayi-10 noma ngaphezulu uzokhishwa esikhundleni sokuba yilungu lephalamende noma omele lesi sikhathi kulandela isikhathi sakhe samanje ehhovisi. Ube ngumthetho ngokusekelwa okucishe kube ngama-70%.
“Kudlule ezifundeni zaseRiphabhulikhi. Idlule ezifundeni zeDemokhrasi. Kudlule konke, ”kusho uJim Moore, ofundisa isayensi yezepolitiki ePacific University, ngaphandle kwasePortland. Uthe umyalezo wawuthi “abantu bafuna izishayamthetho zabo ziphendukele emsebenzini kungakhathalekile ukuthi bakuliphi iqembu.”
Nokho, kukhona indawo yokuhumusha. Akukacaci noma lesi sinyathelo siyamvimba yini umenzi wezomthetho ojezisiwe ukuthi afune ukuqokwa kabusha, aphakamise ithemba lokuthi angangenela, awine amavoti amaningi bese engahlali phansi – okungase kubangele olunye uhlelo lwesiphithiphithi.
NgoLwesibili, amaSenate Republican asayine ukuthi azohlala kuze kube uJuni 25, usuku lokugcina lweseshini yomthetho. Khonamanjalo, sebethule ikomiti lezombusazwe ukuze bathole izimali zokuqeda ukuduba nokuphonsela inselelo u-Measure 113 enkantolo.
Uma sekuyiwa okhethweni kwakuthiwa kukhulunywe abantu kube yizwi lokugcina. Kodwa manje, ngokushaqisayo, inani elandayo labenzi bomthetho liyenqaba ukunaka.
Mhlawumbe uma bevotelwa ukuphuma ezikhundleni, abanye bazokwenza umsebenzi ongcono wokulalela.
