LONDON (eTN) - Akuyamikiridwa ndi ena ngati Obama waku South Asia. Munthu yemwe akufunsidwayo ndi a Mohamed Nasheed Purezidenti watsopano wa Maldives. Onse awiri ndi purezidenti waku America akukumana ndi vuto lomwelo: ali olimba pakulankhula koma tsopano akuyenera kukwaniritsa zomwe akuyembekezera. Mohamed Nasheed ankadziwa bwino za ntchito yaikulu imene ikubwera pamene analankhula ku Royal Commonwealth Society paulendo wake waposachedwapa ku London. Adakumbukira zaka makumi awiri zomenyera demokalase.
"Zinali zowopsa kwa ife kuyankhula kapena kulemba za zinthu - ena aife adamangidwa ndikuzunzidwa chifukwa cholankhula za malingaliro athu. Anthu ambiri a ku Maldivi ankaganiza kuti tikungotaya nthawi. Tinali ouma khosi, tinapitiriza kugwira ntchito yathu, kuchita zimene tinkaganiza kuti n’zoyenera, tikumayembekezera kuti tsunami idzasintha zinthu. Patapita nthawi, tsunamiyo inachititsa kuti zinthu zisinthe.”
Atathawira ku Sri Lanka ndi UK kuti asazunzidwe ndi boma la pulezidenti wakale wa autocratic, Maumoon Gayoom, Bambo Nasheed ndi gulu lake lokhulupirika la omutsatira anabwerera ku Maldives pamene zinthu zinali bwino mokwanira kulola kukhazikitsidwa kwa zipani zandale.
"Tidakwanitsa kulimbikitsa anthu aku Maldivian kuti achite nawo ndale ndipo tidakwanitsa kusintha mphamvu. Demokalase ku Maldives ndi yachifundo kwambiri, tiyenera kukwaniritsa malonjezo omwe timapanga. Tinkauza anthu kuti 'mukuvutika chifukwa cha boma lapitalo.' Tikukumana ndi nthawi yovuta komanso yovuta chifukwa cha mavuto azachuma padziko lonse komanso chifukwa choti tinatengera ndalama zopanda kanthu.”
Pulezidenti Nasheed ananenetsa kuti kuti apite patsogolo, boma lake liyenera kugwirizana ndi zakale. Chigonjetso cha chipani chake mu Okutobala 2008 chinali kutha kwaulamuliro wautali kwambiri wa mtsogoleri ku Asia komanso limodzi mwa maboma opondereza kwambiri padziko lapansi. Pa zaka XNUMX zimene anali paulamuliro, a Gayoom, analetsa mwankhanza zizindikiro zilizonse zosonyeza kutsutsidwa ndi kusagwirizana ndi anthu. Magulu omenyera ufulu wachibadwidwe padziko lonse lapansi adalemba mndandanda wa otsutsa omwe adaponyedwa m'ndende ndipo nthawi zambiri amazunzidwa.
Bambo Gayoom akhala akutsutsa izi pofotokoza zomwe zikuchitika kuyambira 2004 kuti akhazikitse kusintha kwa demokalase. Otsutsa ake akutsutsa kuti adathamangitsidwa m'njira yokonzanso chifukwa cha chipwirikiti ndi zionetsero zomwe zikukula m'dzikoli komanso kukakamizidwa kwa mayiko. Bambo Nasheed, iwonso anatsekeredwa m’ndende ndipo anatumizidwa ku ukapolo kuzilumba zakutali za Maldivian kwa zaka pafupifupi zisanu ndi chimodzi.
Chiyambireni ulamuliro, a Mohamed Nasheed adanenetsa kuti akufuna kuyambanso popanda kubwezera yemwe adamutsogolera koma akuvomereza kuti zakhala zovuta kuti anthu ambiri aku Maldivi afotokoze za ukulu wake. Bambo Gayoom sanapangitse zinthu kukhala zosavuta pokana kuthawira ku ukapolo wabwino ndipo sanabise chiyembekezo chawo choti abwereranso ndale. Purezidenti Nasheed adalongosola zovuta zomwe akukumana nazo posankha zochita za Bambo Gayoom ndi omutsatira ake, "Tikhoza kuwasankhira popita patsogolo koma anthu ambiri akunditsutsa ponena kuti akufuna chilungamo. Tiyenera kupeza njira ina yochitira zinthu zakale kuti anthu athe kunena kuti 'zinandichitikirazi' chifukwa ndikudziwa ngati ndidayang'ana zakale nditha kukhala wobwezera ngati ndikhudza izi. Titha kuvomereza zakale pokhala ndi tsogolo labwino.”
M'mawu ake, Purezidenti Nasheed adalankhula za kufunika kokhazikitsa oweruza ndi kuphunzitsa oweruza kuti apange dongosolo logwira ntchito komanso lodziyimira pawokha. Pokhala ndi nkhanza muulamuliro wa Bambo Gayoom, Pulezidenti Nasheed anatsindika kuti boma siliyenera kukhudza oweruza kapena kuwasonkhezera mwanjira iliyonse.
Purezidenti Nasheed adatchulanso mavuto ena ku Maldives: kuledzera kwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo pakati pa achinyamata, kuchulukirachulukira mu likulu, Amuna, komanso kufunikira kwachangu kukweza ntchito zofunika monga maphunziro ndi thanzi.
"Tikuyembekeza kuthana ndi mavutowa ndipo tikufuna kulingalira, mphamvu ndi kulimba mtima kuti tithane ndi izi. Tikuyembekeza kukhala ndi kuphatikiza kosalala kwa demokalase ku Maldives. Tikufuna kupanga mapulani amomwe mungasinthire utsogoleri wankhanza ku Maldives. Tiyenera kupereka chitsanzo kwa mayiko ena ndikuwonetsa mwachitsanzo kuti simukuyenera kuphulitsa mayiko kuti mubweretse kusintha. Tidakhalapo ndi zosintha m'mbuyomu pomwe mtsogoleri wotuluka adagwidwa kapena kuphedwa. Izi zimatengera dzikolo zaka zambiri. Tiyenera kupeza njira ina yomanga dziko labwino. ”
Dziko la Maldives ndi dziko lachisilamu lomwe lili ndi malamulo oletsa kuti munthu akhale Msilamu kuti akhale nzika. Pulezidenti Nasheed adati ndimeyi idavomerezedwa ndi boma lapitalo ndipo adavomereza kuti sangathe kulonjeza kusintha pakanthawi kochepa. Adavomereza kuti ku Maldives kunali chisilamu champhamvu kwambiri.
"Radical Islam kale inali yotsutsa - tidapanga malo. Titayamba, kukwera kwachisilamu ku Maldives kudayang'aniridwa. M'malingaliro mwanga, demokalase ndiyofunikira kwambiri kuthana ndi kusintha kwachisilamu. Sitinachite mgwirizano ndi zipani zachisilamu, ngakhale tidakumana nawo maulendo 26. Iwo adaluza moyipa kwambiri pachisankho. Anthu ambiri ku Maldives ndi opita patsogolo komanso owolowa manja. ”
Kumbali yabwino, ngakhale kusintha kwa ndale, zokopa alendo zimakhalabe gwero lalikulu la ndalama ku Maldives. Otsatira a Bambo Gayoom amamuyamikira potembenuza dziko kukhala paradaiso wa alendo ndi kubweretsa ndalama zambiri zakunja. Koma ndalama zimenezi sizinafalikire pakati pa anthu oposa 300,000.
Boma la Nasheed lalonjeza kuti liwonetsetsa kuti pamakhala kugawa moyenera ndalama zomwe zimachokera ku zokopa alendo. Purezidenti, atafunsidwa za eco-tourism, adati ngakhale ili ngati dera lomwe boma lake likufuna kupanga, alendo omwe amakopeka ndi Maldives amafunafuna nthawi yabwino.
“Tinaletsa kupha nsomba za shaki ngakhale sindikuganiza kuti izi zingatipulumutse. Simungathe kupanga ndalama poyang'ana shaki. Eco-tourism sichibweretsa zotsatira zofanana ndi zokopa alendo zapamwamba. Anthu pano ndi padziko lapansi akufunika kusintha ndipo kusintha maganizo kumeneku n’kumene mungasinthe kwambiri.”
Maldives ndiyenso dziko lomwe likukumana ndi vuto lalikulu chifukwa cha kusintha kwa nyengo komanso kukwera kwamadzi am'nyanja. Malo okwera kwambiri pachilumba chilichonse cha 1,200 ndi mamita 2.4 chabe pamwamba pa nyanja. Purezidenti Nasheed adati kusintha kwanyengo kukuwopseza kukhalapo kwa Maldives ndipo adatsindika kudzipereka kwa boma lake kuti dzikolo lisalowerere m'malo a carbon m'zaka khumi.
"Tikufuna kuti Maldives akhale chiwonetsero chaukadaulo watsopano. Tikukhulupirira kuti mphamvu zongowonjezedwanso ndizotheka. Tikufunika kupeza osunga ndalama kuti abwere kudziko lathu ndipo akuyenera kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zongowonjezera.
Ndi a Maldives kukhala mpando wa South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Purezidenti adanena kuti ngakhale kuti dziko lake laling'ono linali lofunika kwambiri makamaka ku India ndi Sri Lanka. Iye adati mayiko onsewa akhala akuwolowa manja popereka thandizo la ndalama ndi zina.
Pawailesi yakanema, Purezidenti Nasheed adati boma lake likufuna zowulutsa zaulere ndipo likufuna kusiya kuwongolera ma TV ndi wailesi ndi manyuzipepala. Purezidenti adati akufunafuna osunga ndalama kuti akhazikitse gawo lofalitsa nkhani lomwe silingathetsedwe kuti liwonetsetse ufulu wa atolankhani komanso mpikisano. "Tikufuna kupanga mawayilesi ndi TV Maldives mwachinsinsi komanso ma network ogawa. Ndabwera kuno kudzawona ngati osunga ndalama ku UK ali ndi chidwi. ”
Ngakhale zolinga za boma latsopanoli zimayamikiridwa nthawi zambiri pakhala kukayikira za liwiro komanso momwe zosintha zambiri zikuyambira. Katswiri wina wa ku Maldivian yemwe poyamba adalandira boma latsopanoli tsopano akukayikira kwambiri.
“Boma lomwe lilipo lilibe mfundo zenizeni, koma manifesto yawo. Sakhulupirira kuphatikizika kwa chiwerengero cha anthu kapena chitukuko chokhazikika. Iwo apanganso maudindo ambiri pa ndale ndikusankha anthu opanda ntchito, osayenerera pa maudindo osiyanasiyana ndipo amachita zinthu mongoyembekezera. Palibe ngakhale kukambirana kochepa komwe kunalipo kale. Sakhulupirira ntchito za boma ndipo kwenikweni ndi gulu la omenyera ufulu wawo omwe akuyendetsa chilichonse. N’zokhumudwitsadi, uku sikuli kwenikweni kusintha komwe timafuna.”
Palinso kudzudzulidwa ndi chidwi chaboma chowoneka ngati chosakhazikika ndi uthenga wakuti "Maldives ndi otseguka kuchita bizinesi." Ambiri a ku Maldivi akuda nkhawa ndi kugulitsa chuma chochepa cha dzikoli kwa alendo komanso kuopsa kopereka ulamuliro wa pafupifupi mautumiki onse, kuphatikizapo maphunziro, kwa umwini wakunja. Mantha akuchulukirachulukira kuti ngakhale boma litatsimikizira, mfundo zake zitha kupangitsa kuti olemera achuluke kwambiri ndipo ena onse aku Maldivi akutumizidwa kuti azidalira chithandizo.
Monga Mohamed Nasheed adazindikira kupambana pankhondo ya demokalase tsopano zitha kukhala gawo losavuta; kulimbikitsa chigonjetso cholimba ichi ndikutsimikizira anthu aku Maldives kuti zowawa zazaka makumi atatu zapitazi zinali zofunikira, zitha kukhala zovuta kwambiri.
Rita Payne ndi wapampando wapano wa Commonwealth Journalists Association (UK) komanso mkonzi wakale waku Asia ku British Broadcasting Corporation.
