"Palibe malamulo kunjaku"

WASHINGTON - Laurie Dishman, woyang'anira chakudya cha 37 wa ku Sacramento, adanena kuti inali nthawi yoti ayang'ane ndi mantha ake, choncho adatenga ulendo wopita ku Port of Miami sabata yatha.

WASHINGTON - Laurie Dishman, woyang'anira chakudya cha 37 wa ku Sacramento, adanena kuti inali nthawi yoti ayang'ane ndi mantha ake, choncho adatenga ulendo wopita ku Port of Miami sabata yatha.

Aka kanali koyamba kuyandikira zombo zazikulu kuyambira 2006, pomwe adagwiriridwa paulendo wapamadzi ndi m'modzi mwa oyang'anira sitimayo. Kalelo, iye anadabwa pamene ogwira ntchito m’sitimayo anamuyankha mwa kumuuza kuti afunikira kuletsa kumwa kwake. Chotero Lamlungu, pa limodzi la madoko otanganidwa kwambiri m’dzikolo, iye anapereka timapepala oposa 300 kwa anthu pamene anayamba tchuti, chowachenjeza za ngozi.

"Palibe malamulo kunja uko," adatero Dishman poyankhulana. "Zinthu zamtundu uliwonse zitha kuchitika mumzinda woyandamawu womwe uli pakati panyanja, ndipo palibe chitetezo. Palibe chitetezo. Mukuganiza kuti muli ndi ufulu waku America mukakwera ngalawa, koma mulibe. ”

Makampaniwa akulimbana, ponena kuti anthu aku America ali otetezeka pazombo zapamadzi kuposa momwe ali pamtunda komanso kuti palibe kusintha kofunikira.

"Chofunika kwambiri pamakampani oyenda panyanja ndi chitetezo cha okwera ndi ogwira nawo ntchito," atero a Terry Dale, purezidenti komanso wamkulu wa Ft. Lauderdale-based Cruise Lines International Association, yomwe imayimira mizere 24 yapamadzi ndi mabungwe oyenda 16,500. "Mwachidule, aku America ali otetezeka kwambiri panyanja masiku ano."

Dishman, komabe, ali ndi chidaliro kuti uthenga wake ubweretsa lamulo latsopano la federal. Pamene Congress ibwerera kuchokera ku tchuthi chake chachilimwe pa Seputembara 8, iye ndi ena omwe akuzunzidwa adzakhala ku Capitol Hill kuti akalimbikitse dongosolo lomwe lingakakamize akuluakulu ogwira ntchito zapamadzi kuti asinthe momwe amachitira bizinesi.

Otsutsa amanena kuti kusintha kwachangu kumafunika chifukwa pansi pa malamulo amakono, sitima zapamadzi siziyenera kufotokoza ngakhale zolakwa zazikulu zomwe zimachitika m'madzi apadziko lonse.

Congress ikulingalira za malamulo omwe angakakamize zombo zapamadzi kuti zisunge zipika zomwe zimalemba anthu onse omwe amwalira, anthu omwe asowa, milandu yomwe amaganiziridwa komanso madandaulo obwera chifukwa chakuba, kuzunzidwa komanso kuzunzidwa. Chidziwitso chimenecho chikaperekedwa kwa FBI ndi Coast Guard, ndipo anthu azitha kuzipeza pa intaneti.

Lamuloli likufunanso kuti zombo zapamadzi zikhale ndi zingwe zachitetezo ndi zitseko pazitseko za stateroom za apaulendo. Sitima zimafunikanso kusunga mankhwala kuti apewe kufala kwa matenda pambuyo pogwiriridwa, komanso zida zochitira mayeso kuti adziwe ngati wokwera adagwiriridwa.

"Anthu mamiliyoni khumi ndi awiri a ku America adzakwera zombo zapamadzi chaka chino, ndipo ayenera kudziwa kuti ali otetezeka," adatero Democratic Sen. John Kerry wa ku Massachusetts, yemwe akugwirizana ndi Democratic Rep. Doris Matsui wa ku California kuti atsogolere kusokoneza komwe akufuna.

Matsui adanena kuti adayamba kufufuza nkhaniyi Dishman atakumana naye koyamba, atakhumudwa chifukwa adanena kuti sanalandire thandizo kuchokera ku Royal Caribbean kuti adziwe yemwe adamuwombera kapena kupeza umboni pambuyo pa kugwiriridwa.

Monga gawo la kafukufuku wa congressional, Matsui adati adapeza kuti sipanakhalepo milandu yogwiriridwa pamayendedwe apanyanja zaka 40.

"Zomwe tapeza ndizowopsa," adatero Matsui. "Palibe malamulo oyendetsera ntchito zapamadzi, ndipo zolakwa zambiri sizimayimbidwa chaka chilichonse."

Pamsonkhano waposachedwapa wa Senate, Dale wa Cruise Lines International Association ananena kuti mafunso okhudza mbiri ya chitetezo cha makampaniwa adzutsidwa chifukwa “chisamaliro chathu ndi chifundo chathu m’mbuyomu kwa awo amene anavulala kapena kutaikiridwa sizinali zokhutiritsa nthaŵi zonse.”

Sanatchule milandu yeniyeni koma adanenanso kuti makampaniwa amapanga ntchito masauzande ambiri ndipo adati "achita bwino kwambiri" pakuwongolera njira zachitetezo m'zaka ziwiri zapitazi.

Mwazina zomwe zikuchitika pano, Dale adati:

-Okwera ndi katundu amapimidwa.

-Mindandanda ya okwera amatumizidwa kwa akuluakulu a US asananyamuke.

-Sitima iliyonse imakhala ndi msilikali wodziwa ntchito zachitetezo komanso ogwira ntchito zachitetezo ophunzitsidwa bwino.

-Maulendo onse akuluakulu apanyanja aphunzitsa ogwira ntchito kuti azipereka uphungu ndikuthandizira mabanja ndi anthu paokha pakagwa ngozi.

Dale adanena kuti kafukufuku wodziyimira pawokha apeza kuti 95 peresenti ya okwera ngalawa amakhutira ndi zomwe akumana nazo komanso kuti opitilira theka la okwera onse ndi makasitomala obwereza.

"Ndikuvomereza kuti sizingakhale choncho ngati chitetezo kapena chitetezo chikuwoneka ngati vuto lalikulu," adatero Dale.

Kerry adakhudzidwa ndi nkhaniyi pamene Merrian Carver wa ku Cambridge, Mass., Anasowa paulendo wapamadzi mu 2004. Kerry adanena kuti nkhaniyi inali yodabwitsa chifukwa antchito sanauze FBI kuti akusowa mpaka masabata angapo, pamene banja lake linayamba kufunsa mafunso.

"Nkhani ya Merrian si nkhani yokha," adatero Kerry. "Ngakhale kuti ndi nzika za ku America ndipo zili ku United States, zombo zapamadzi zimagwira ntchito pansi pa mbendera zakunja, zomwe zimawalola kupewa malamulo a United States akakhala kudera la US. Pankhani yaulamuliro pa milandu, malamulo ndi osamveka bwino. ”

Mkhalidwewu ndi wofanana ndi nzika ya ku United States yomwe ikupita kutchuthi kudziko lachilendo, kumene udindo woletsa umbanda ndi kuyankha uli ndi dziko limene munthu akupitako, adatero Rear Adm. Wayne Justice, wothandizira mkulu wa asilikali kuti ayankhe ndi gombe la U.S. Mlonda.

"Ngakhale kuti kuphana kwina, kusowa ndi ziwawa zazikulu zakugonana zakopa chidwi komanso kuda nkhawa, palibe chidziwitso chosonyeza kuti umbanda pazombo zapamadzi ndizofala kwambiri kuposa malo ena aliwonse atchuthi," adatero Justice.

ZOMWE MUNGACHITE PA NKHANIYI:

  • At a recent Senate subcommittee hearing, Dale of the Cruise Lines International Association said that questions about the industry’s safety record have been raised because “our care and compassion in the past toward those who have suffered injury or loss has not always been satisfactory.
  • That information would be made available to the FBI and the Coast Guard, and the public would have access to it on the Internet.
  • Ships also would be required to keep medication to prevent the transmission of disease after a sexual assault, along with equipment to perform exams to determine if a passenger had been raped.

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