UTrump ujezisa iNkantolo Yobugebengu Yamazwe Ngamazwe (ICC)

Uhulumeni kaMengameli wase-US uDonald Trump, ubeke izijeziso eNkantolo Yobugebengu Yamazwe Ngamazwe ngoLwesihlanu, emahoreni ambalwa ngemuva kokuba omunye wabahluleli bayo bangaphambilini ewine umklomelo weNobel Peace Prize, ebeka iWashington enkambweni yokushayisana kwezombusazwe nabalingani baseYurophu.

Uhulumeni kaTrump ubelokhu ephikisana nenkantolo futhi ngaphambilini ubeke izijeziso kubashushisi nabahluleli bayo. Isinyathelo sangoLwesihlanu sizodlulela phambili, ngokujezisa izinkampani ezihlinzeka ngezinsizakalo enkantolo uqobo.

“UMongameli uTrump akasoze avumela iNkantolo Yobugebengu Yamazwe Ngamazwe ukuthi ishushise abantu baseMelika,” kusho uNobhala Wezwe uMarco Rubio esitatimendeni esibuyekezwe yiReuters ngaphambi kwesimemezelo esisemthethweni.

“Yingakho, namuhla, i-United States ivumela iNkantolo Yobugebengu Yamazwe Ngamazwe. Sizovimbela ukusebenzisa nale nkantolo enonya, sinqume izinsiza zabo futhi siphazamise ikhono layo lokusebenza.” IWashington ibilokhu ithukuthele isikhathi eside ngamawaranti okuboshwa e-ICC akhishwe izikhulu zase-Israel okubalwa noNdunankulu uBenjamin Netanyahu, kanye nophenyo lwangaphambilini ngezenzo zamasosha ase-US e-Afghanistan i-ICC esiluvalile.

Le nkantolo, eyasungulwa ngo-2002 ukushushisa amacala empi, ubugebengu obumelene nobuntu kanye nokuqothulwa kohlanga, ibala amazwe ayi-125 njengamazwe angamalungu, okuhlanganisa wonke amazwe e-EU kanye nawo wonke amalungu e-NATO ngaphandle kwe-United States kanye neTurkey. Ithole ukwesekwa okukhulu komphakathi esikhathini esidlule emazweni angamalungu okuhlanganisa nabalingani abakhulu base-US, futhi isekelwe eNetherlands, ilungu le-EU kanye ne-NATO.

UNavi Pillay, isazi sezomthetho saseNingizimu Afrika owine iNobel Peace Prize ngoLwesihlanu ngomsebenzi wakhe kwezobulungiswa bobugebengu bamazwe ngamazwe, wasebenza njengejaji e-ICC’s Appeals Chamber kusukela ngo-2003-2008.

Ekucashunweni kwayo, ikomidi lomklomelo lithe lifune “ukukhipha isikhumbuzo” ngesikhathi lapho “abahluleli nezikhungo zomthetho wamazwe ngamazwe zihlaselwa ngokwezepolitiki”. “Uhlelo lwezomthetho lwamazwe ngamazwe lapho izigebengu zempi zibhekwa khona futhi izisulu zokuhlukunyezwa zibona ubulungiswa busebenza luyimfuneko yomhlaba onokuthula,” kusho ikomidi.

URubio uthe izijeziso zakhiwe ukuze zinike inkantolo kanye namazwe angamalungu ayo ithuba lokubhekana nezinkinga zase-US. Akazange anikeze imininingwane eyengeziwe, kodwa isikhulu esiphezulu soMnyango Wezangaphandle waseMelika sithe uMnyango Wezezimali waseMelika uzokhipha izimvume “zokuvikela izintshisekelo zaseMelika” — okubonakala kuyinkomba yokukhululwa okwesikhashana ezijezisweni ezithile.