UTrevor uNowa ucacisa into eyiyo iFilibuster, kutheni iyinto eyoyikisayo, kwaye isiba njani sisixhobo sobuhlanga

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Kuba ifilibuster ibinomzuzu mva nje, uninzi lwabantu lunokuzibona luzibuza ukuba yintoni kanye kanye, kutheni le nto ikhona, kwaye nokuba kunzima kangakanani ukusirhabaxa kuyo yonke indawo. UTrevor uNowa wayaphula yonke le nto ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, eqala ngengcinga engeyiyo yokuba le yimeko yokusekwa korhulumente wethu. Ngokwenyani, i-filibuster ayizange iqulunqwe de kwaba li-1805, kwaye yaqala njengengozi.

Emva kwengxoxo malunga nesidingo sokuphelisa i-filibuster yabona ukuvuseleleka okutsha kule veki malunga nelungelo lokuvota lamalungelo amaDemokhrasi, Umboniso wemihla ngemihla uphinde wathumela ikliphu. Ukuba uyiphosile emva ngoMatshi, kufanelekile ukuba ubukele:

I-filibuster yaziswa njengendlela yokuqinisekisa ukuba iingxoxo malunga nomthetho zingaqhubeka de wonke umntu avume ukuba zenziwe. Ngokusisiseko, ukuba nabani na unayo nantoni na eseleyo yokuyithetha, kufanelekile ukuba bayitsho. Kwaye ekubeni babembalwa abancinci be-senator ngelo xesha kunokuba bekho ngoku, oku kungenakubonakala ngathi kuya kuba ngumcimbi. Ingayicotha njani iSenethi? Ubuza uNowa.

Njengoko sisazi ngoku, iSenethi inokucotha kakhulu! Kwaye ekugqibeleni, ii-senator zaqala ukusebenzisa i-filibuster ngeyona njongo ichaseneyo noko yayijoliswe ukukwenza-ukuvimba umthetho kunokuba kuvulwe ingxoxo malunga nawo. Kuba kwakungekho mthetho uchaza ukuba yintoni kanye kanye ebalwa njengengxoxo mpikiswano, yile ndlela sigqibe ngayo nabanye babafilibhuli abadumileyo, njengomfana othethe iiyure ezili-15 malunga neembatyisi kunye nokunxitywa kweesaladi.

Kwaye emva koko kwakukho uStrom Thurmond. Njengevidiyo esuka Vox idlalwe kumanqaku esiqendu, i-filibuster yayingasetyenziswanga rhoqo kude kube ngama-1950, xa amaDemokhrasi aqala ukuqwalasela umthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu kwaye iRiphabhlikhi encinci kwakufuneka ikhuphisane ngeendlela zokuyithintela. (Ke xa usiva uJoe Manchin noKyrsten Sinema banyanzelisa ukuba intando yabavoti kufuneka ingakhathalelwanga kwaye iqela elincinci kufuneka libe namandla, khumbula nje ukuba injalo le nto.)

UThurmond udume ngokufunda kwincwadi yemfonomfono kangangeeyure ezingama-24 njengendlela yokuthintela umThetho wamaLungelo oLuntu ka-1957 – into athi wakwazi ukuyenza emva kokuba omise [umzimba] wakhe ngokundwendwela i-sauna ye-Senate iintsuku ezintathu okanye ezine ngaphambili ke ngekhe asebenzise igumbi lokuhlambela. Obu bubude be-supremacists ezimhlophe abaya kuya kuzo ukuze banqande abantu abamnyama amalungelo asisiseko, kwaye i-filibuster ivumela ukuba yenzeke.

Ifilibuster yona ayisiyohlanga, kodwa ngokwembali ibisetyenziselwa iinjongo zobuhlanga. Kwakukho ukwanda ekusetyenzisweni kwayo ngexesha le-1950 kunye ne-60s ukuvimba umthetho wamaLungelo oLuntu, kodwa oko kwakungeyonto xa kuthelekiswa nendlela eyayisetyenziswa kaninzi ngayo ngexesha lobongameli bukaBarack Obama. Ngeli xesha, kwimizamo yokwenza ukuba izinto zihambe ngokukhawuleza, imigaqo yefilibuster yatshintshwa. Endaweni yokunyanzela i-senator ukuba ithethe, kwafuneka babhengeze kuphela ukuba baceba ukuthetha, kwaye ukuba inkcaso ayinakufumana iivoti ezingama-60 zokuba bayeke, umgcini weefilabhasi waphumelela.

Ndikunye noMitch McConnell njengeNkokeli yamaNcinci, ezimisele ukwenza konke okusemandleni ukunqanda umongameli wokuqala oMnyama welizwe ekubeni enze nantoni na, amaRiphabhlikhi afaka ifilbusti ngokusisiseko kuwo wonke umthetho oyilwayo kunye nokutyunjwa abanokukwenza. UMcConnell nokuba sele efake iifilibhile zakhe eyakho ityala, yindlela ayithanda ngayo.

UNowa uphawula ukuba ngelixa iiRiphabhlikhi zakha le monster, iiDemokhrasi zayamkela xa iTrump yayise-ofisini. Ngoku, ukwenzela ukuba kwenziwe nantoni na, iqela lihlala lifuna iivoti ezingama-60, kuba lelo linani elifunekayo ukubetha i-filibuster, kunokuba i-51 iyakuthatha ukudlulisa nje ibhilikhwe ngqo.

Yiyo loo nto ifilibuster yoyikekayo kwaye kufuneka ihambe.

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Ngaba ufuna amanye amabali anje? Yiba ngumrhumo kwaye uxhase isiza !

- UMary Sue unomgaqo-nkqubo ongqongqo iyakwalela, kodwa ayikhawulelwanga, ukuthukwa kwakho nabani na , Intiyo nentetho egonyamelayo. —