USall uthembisa ukubamba ukhetho maduze
UMengameli waseSenegal uMacky Sall uthe uzosithobela ngokugcwele isinqumo seNkantolo esachitha ukuhlehliswa kokhetho lukamengameli lube nguZibandlela, wathembisa ukuthi kuzoba nezingxoxo zokuhlela ukhetho ngokushesha okukhulu.
Umthethosivivinywa owahlehlisa ukhetho lwangomhla zingama-25 kuNhlolanja futhi wafaka izwe ekungabazeni okhethweni uchithwe ngoLwesine nguMkhandlu Womthethosisekelo waseSenegal. USall “usibonile” isinqumo soMkhandlu kanye nesicelo sokuthi ukhetho lubanjwe ngokushesha, kusho iHhovisi likaMengameli esitatimendeni izolo.
“UMengameli uhlose ukusifeza ngokugcwele isinqumo soMkhandlu Womthethosisekelo,” engeza.
USall ubengaphansi kwengcindezi enkulu yokuthi asamukele lesi sinqumo. Inkinga yokhetho ethathe isonto lonke isivele iholele emibhikishweni enodlame nasezixwayiseni zokuhlukumeza ngokugunyazwa komunye wemibuso yentando yeningi ezinzile eNtshonalanga Afrika.
Omunye umbhikisho omelene nokubambezeleka bekumele uqale enhlokodolobha iDakar njengoba nje iHhovisi likaMengameli likhiphe impendulo kaSall. Kuqhamuke abantu abangaphansi kwekhulu ngesikhathi amaphoyisa evale ukungena ezindaweni zomhlangano edubula nesisi esikhalisa unyembezi ukuhlakaza ababhikishi.
Isakhamuzi saseDakar uMohamed Alpha Diop wamukele ithuba lokubambezeleka okufushane kokhetho. “Ngicabanga ukuthi kuzodambisa isimo,” esho. Abaholi bamaqembu aphikisayo, i-ECOWAS enkulu yezomnotho nezepolitiki yaseNtshonalanga Afrika, kanye namazwe angaphandle okuhlanganisa i-United States neFrance banxuse iziphathimandla ekuqaleni kukaLwesihlanu ukuthi zihambisane nesinqumo futhi zibeke ngokushesha usuku olusha lokhetho.
Amanani amabhondi eSenegal akhuphuke kakhulu esikhathini esingaphansi konyaka ngemuva kokukhipha isinqumo soMkhandlu. Nakuba kwezinye izimo, ukunyuka ngamasenti amabili, kusabashiye ngaphansi kwamazinga abonwe ngaphambi kokuba ukubambezeleka kokhetho kumenyezelwe okokuqala ngoNhlolanja zi-5.
