Umongameli weSeneti kunye nethemba lobuzwilakhe uSteve Sweeney wamkele ilizwe lonke kwiDemokhrasi kwindibano yangeCawa Umongameli weSenate uSteve Sweeney's (D-3) ushukuma namhlanje ngokuchasene noMbutho wezeMfundo waseNew Jersey (NJEA) kunye ne-Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) ibonakalise ubunzulu begumbi elingaphakathi kwigumbi le-senate prez kwaye ubuncinci imibutho yabasebenzi yecandelo likarhulumente, umthombo waseTrenton utshilo.
USweeney uzabalaze iminyaka kunye nabasebenzi becandelo likarhulumente, ebuyela kwimizamo yakhe yangaphambi kukaChris Christie yokuguqula ipenshini yoluntu kunye nezibonelelo kunye nesoyikiso sokwaliwa kwintlanganiso ka-2007 yonyaka ye-AFL-CIO e-Atlantic City.
Kwimodi ye-mea culpa emva kokuba uChristie ebuyisile kwintlawulo yomhlala-phantsi, uSweeney wafuna ukulungiswa komgaqo-siseko efuna ukuba urhulumente anyuse intlawulo kwingxowa-mali yomhlala-phantsi yabasebenzi.
Umthombo weTrenton namhlanje uthe uSweeney wayesazi ukuba akangeke ayibeke imali yepenshini ngaphandle kwenkxaso kwi-senate kwaye wasebenzisa umlo weTransportation Trust Fund (TTF) njengesizathu. Ootitshala baye bacaphuka emva koko kuba wayesele enze isithembiso sokulungiselela ukuvota.
USomlomo uVincent Prieto (D-32) wayesele epasile ingxelo yetyala kwiNdlu kwaye yayilixesha leNdlu yeeNgwevu. Ukuphendula ootitshala betyhola uSweeney ngokwaphula ilizwi lakhe, indoda eyomeleleyo eyomeleleyo yasebenza ngesinyithi yabuyisa umva ngendlela evuyisayo: Nina nizaphuli mthetho.
Uninzi lwangaphakathi lukholelwa ukuba intshukumo ayingcwabe uSweeney's i-2017 gubernatorial hope. Bacinga ukuba uSweeney wayesazi ukuba ngekhe babe naye kwaye ujolise ekomelezeni ezinye iipokotho ezikhoyo zenkxaso. Umongameli we-senate kunye nomgqatswa we-2017 werhuluneli naye unesibonelelo sokwazi ukuba akekho omnye umgqatswa ophakamileyo wentando yesininzi kwirhuluneli onembali yezopolitiko yokuba akwazi ukubiza i-NJEA njengendibaniselwano.
