Kwehle uMengameli wazoduduza izihlobo nabangani
UMengameli uJoe Biden uzame ukududuza imindeni eseningizimu yedolobha laseTexas i-Uvalde ngeSonto ngemuva kwesigameko sokudubula esibi kunazo zonke ezweni eminyakeni eyishumi njengoba izikhulu zikaHulumeni zimemezele ukuthi zizobuyekeza indlela abomthetho bendawo abasabela ngayo kulokhu kuhlasela.
Intukuthelo ikhuphuke ngesinqumo seziphathimandla zase-Uvalde sokuvumela umdubuli ukuthi ahlale ekilasini isikhathi esingangehora ngesikhathi amaphoyisa elindile ephasishi kanti izingane ezingaphakathi ekamelweni zashaya izingcingo ze-911 zicela usizo.
UMengameli kanye nonkosikazi wakhe uJill Biden basule izinyembezi ngesikhathi bevakashele izikhumbuzo eRobb Elementary School lapho umdubuli wabulala khona abafundi abali-19 nothisha ababili, ebeka izimbali amarozi amhlophe futhi ehlonipha nezindawo ezigcwele abagilwa. “Yenza okuthile,” isixuku samemeza ngaphandle kweSacred Heart Catholic Church ngenkathi uBiden ephuma ngemuva kokuhambela imisa. “Sizokwenza,” ephendula.
AbakwaBiden baphinde bavakashela imindeni yabagilwa nabasindile amahora ambalwa ngaphambi kokuhlangana kamuva nabaphenduli bokuqala. Amaphoyisa athi ushayasibhamu, uSalvador Ramos, 18, ungene esikoleni ngoLwesibili nesibhamu esiyi-AR-15 Semi-Automatic ngemuva kokudubula ugogo wakhe owasinda.
UMnyango Wezobulungiswa e-US ngeSonto uthe uzobuyekeza impendulo yomthetho wendawo ngesicelo seMeya yase-Uvalde uDon McLaughlin.
“Ngiyabadabukela ngoba kufanele baphile nalelo phutha lokuma nje,” kusho uJulian Moreno, owayengumfundisi ePrimera Iglesia Bautista kanye nokhokho wenye yamantombazane abulewe, kusho amaphoyisa ase-Uvalde.
Ukudubula kwase-Uvalde sekuphinde kwabeka ukulawulwa kwezibhamu phezulu ku-ajenda yesizwe, kusasele izinyanga ngaphambi kokhetho lwamaphakathi noNovemba, abalandeli bemithetho eqinile yezibhamu bephikisana ngokuthi ukuchitheka kwegazi kwakamuva kufanekisela iphuzu.
UBiden, oyiqembu lamaDemocrat, usecele kaningi ukuthi kube nezinguquko ezinkulu emithethweni yezibhamu yaseMelika kodwa akabanga namandla okumisa ukudubulana kwabantu abaningi noma ukukholisa amaRepublicans ukuthi ukulawula okuqinile kunganqanda lesi sibhicongo.
Ukuvakasha eTexas kuwuhambo lukamongameli lwesithathu lukaBiden lokuya endaweni okwakudutshulwe kuyo abantu abaningi, okuhlanganisa nasekuqaleni kwale nyanga lapho evakashele eBuffalo, eNew York, ngemva kokuba ushayasibhamu ebulale abantu abaNsundu abali-10 esigamekweni santambama sokuhlasela esitolo segrosa.
UBiden ubephelezelwa ngeSonto uMbusi waseTexas uGreg Abbott, ophikisana nemikhawulo emisha yezibhamu, kanye nezinye izikhulu zendawo. “Sidinga usizo, Mbusi u-Abbott,” abanye esixukwini bamemeza ngesikhathi uBiden efika esikoleni. “Ubenamahloni, Abbott.” Abanye bamemeze bebonga uBiden njengoba efika esikoleni.
Ebuzwa ukuthi ngabe ubenawo yini umyalezo kaBiden, uBella Barboza oneminyaka eli-11 ubudala, nowayengabangani nomunye wabagilwa, uthe manje usesaba ukuya esikoleni futhi unxusa uguquko. “Lo mhlaba awuyona indawo ekahle izingane ezingakhulela kuyo,” kusho yena.
