Eyona Ijezi-Entsha Yezopolitiko I-Torricelli kwiiNdwendwe eziPhezulu

I-Torricelli kwiiNdwendwe eziPhezulu

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Imithetho elawula inkqubo yokhetho lwaBathunywa be-Democratic Party ziziphumo zeminyaka engamashumi amathathu yongquzulwano. Iindibano zesizwe zahlulwe kwaye iikhomishini zohlaziyo ziye zalwa ubusuku obuninzi. Inye kuphela into yohlaziyo olukhulu kumashumi eminyaka akutshanje emele ukuvumelana: wonke umntu usiqondile isidingo saBathunywa abaPhezulu.

Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-20 emva kokudalwa kwabo, abathunywa abaPhezulu ekugqibeleni bangene kwinqanaba leziko. Ngaphandle kwenkxaso yabo akakho u-Barrack Obama no-Hillary Clinton abanokutyunjwa. Imithombo yeendaba njengesiqhelo yokungazi kakuhle kunye nezixhobo zokudlala ezikwi-cable kamabonakude zisabele ngendlela eyoyikisayo. Inkqubo, bayaphikisana, ithathiwe kwaye ezinye izinto ezilizothe ziye zayisebenzisa le nkqubo kwaye bayala ukuba semthethweni. Akukho nto inokuthi iqhubeke nenyaniso.

Ukuphela konyulo luka-1980 iDemocratic Party yayisengxakini. UMongameli uCarter wayelahlekile. Ukunyanzeliswa okulandelanayo ngo-1968 no-1972 kwashiya iingcamango ezinzulu kwi-Party. Ngokwandayo ubuNkokheli beCongressal buzahlula kude kubaphembeleli beqela ababephethe inkqubo yokutyumba kukaMongameli. Iindibano zezopolitiko zesizwe zazingamathuba okubhala amaqonga athi wonke umntu awahoye kwaye avelise iziphithiphithi ezitratweni ezifihlwe njengenkqubo yokutyumba kumabonakude wesizwe. Iziphumo yaba yiKhomishini yoHunt.

IKhomishini ye-Hunt imele ukuvumelana kuphela kwi-Democratic Party. Wonke umntu wayekholelwa ukuba inkqubo yaphukile. Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amabini iindibano zokutyumba ziye zavela kwinto ekungazange kucwangciswe mntu kuyo. Iiprimari ezimbalwa ezichithakeleyo zandisiwe zangumsebenzi wee-caucuses zikarhulumente kunye neeprimaries. Umxube wabathunywa abambalwa abanyuliweyo kunye nenani elikhulu labazinikelwayo (unyana othandwayo) bathunyelwe endaweni yabo ngabathunywa ababotshelelwe kubagqatswa abazimeleyo. Umdibaniso wabathathi-nxaxheba abaphumeleleyo kunye nabathunywa abahlulwe ngokobuninzi babo bathatyathelwa indawo ngabathunywa abakhethekileyo.

IKomishini idibene kwigumbi lokudlala ibhola eMayflower Ihotele eWashington D.C. McGovern kunye namagqala kaMcCarthy axinene ezikoneni zawo. Izitulo ezimbalwa zikaRhulumente zeza zilungiselelwe ngemigqaliselo emide kwaye ngaphezulu kwegxalaba lomntu wonke lajonga uWalter Mondale (ndandingummeli wakhe) noTed Kennedy. Babengabaphikisi ngo-1984 kunye nemidla yabo kunye nezo zangaphambili zongxamiseko kunye neenkokheli zeQela zazizakubeka isindululo esaba yimithetho yokhetho lwabameli ngoku.

Into eyothusayo yeyokuba zininzi kangakanani izinto ekuvunyelwene ngazo ekuvunyelwene ngazo. Okona kubalulekileyo yayikukubuyisa amaLungu eCongress kwinkqubo. Okokuqala, ngaphandle kokuba iinkokheli ze-DRM zithathe inxaxheba kule nkqubo, ngekhe bazive benoxanduva lokuphendula eqongeni kwaye kungabikho xanduva lomtyunjwa. Ukukhetha umgqatswa ngaphandle kwamalungu eCongress kunye neeRhuluneli ezithatha inxaxheba kwakukubi kwezopolitiko kunye norhulumente ombi. Okwesibini, ukumelwa ngokulinganayo yayiyinto elungileyo ukuyenza. Ngaphandle kokuba abathunywa babelwe ivoti eyiyo, abambalwa abanakuze bamelwe ngokufanelekileyo. Ingxaki yayikukuba ukwahlulahlulahlula ukhuphiswano kungakhokelela ekubeni kungabikho mgqatswa ufumana uninzi. Kukhetho olwahlulwe ngokulinganayo okanye kwindawo enabagqatswa abaninzi, bekungenakwenzeka ukuba kungabikho mntu unokufumana abathunywa aboneleyo. Isiphumo siya kuba luhlobo lwendibano etshabalalisiweyo eyaliwa ngabantu baseMelika. Ngalunye lwezi ngxaki lwalunomyalelo oqhelekileyo. Abathunywa abaPhezulu bazalwa. Amalungu eCongress kunye nezinye iintlobo zeQela ziya kuba ngabathunywa ngokuzenzekelayo. Ukuthatha kwabo inxaxheba kungavala iyantlukwano eyenziweyo phakathi kwamaphetshana kunye neenkokheli. Amagosa anyuliweyo anokuziva ephendula kumtyunjwa kunye neqonga lePati. Kwaye, ekugqibeleni, aBathunywa abaPhezulu baya kubonelela ngesigwebo kunye namava okwaphula umthetho ukuba akukho mntu uphumeleleyo kumabanga aphambili.

Kuthathe iminyaka engama-28 kodwa iimeko esiziqikeleleyo ngexesha leengxoxo ezinde kwiKhomishini yeHunt zenzekile ekugqibeleni. Unyulo lweDemokhrasi alunakulindeleka ukuba luvelise ophumeleleyo ocacileyo. Iindaba ezimnandi zezokuba amakhulu amagosa anyuliweyo aya kuba kwindibano yokunceda ukhethe ophumeleleyo. Ke, xa ukhetho lwenziwe, baya kuziva bephendula ngempumelelo yomonyulwa kunyulo nakulawulo.

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