Lachisanu pa July 21, Patriarch Sako wa Tchalitchi cha Chaldean Catholic Church anafika ku Erbil pambuyo pa kuchotsedwa kwa lamulo lofunika kwambiri lotsimikizira udindo wake monga mtsogoleri wachipembedzo komanso kusatetezedwa kwake monga mtsogoleri wachipembedzo. Pofunafuna malo otetezeka, akuluakulu a boma la Kurd anamulandira bwino.
Pa 3 Julayi, Purezidenti waku Iraq Abdul Latif Rashid adachotsa lamulo lapadera lapulezidenti lomwe linaperekedwa mu 2013 ndi Purezidenti wakale Jalal Talabani lomwe lidapatsa Cardinal Sako mphamvu zoyang'anira zochitika za Chaldean ndikumuzindikira kuti ndi wamkulu wa Tchalitchi cha Chaldean Catholic.
M'mawu ake, Purezidenti wa Iraq adateteza chigamulo chochotsa chigamulo cha pulezidenti, ponena kuti zilibe maziko m'malamulo oyendetsera dziko lino popeza malamulo a pulezidenti amaperekedwa kwa iwo okha omwe amagwira ntchito m'mabungwe aboma, maunduna, kapena makomiti aboma.
“Ndithu, bungwe lachipembedzo silimaonedwa ngati la boma, mtsogoleri wachipembedzo satengedwa ngati wogwira ntchito m’boma, kuti apereke chigamulo chomuika,” inatero chikalata cha pulezidenti.
Malinga ndi atolankhani aku Kurdish Rudaw, chisankho cha pulezidenti waku Iraq chidabwera atakumana ndi Rayan al-Kaldani, wamkulu wa Babeloni Movement, chipani chandale chokhala ndi gulu lankhondo lotchedwa "Babylon Brigades", omwe amadzinenera kuti ndi achikhristu koma ogwirizana ndi gulu lankhondo la Iranian Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) ndi Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IR). Cholinga cha Al-Kaldani ndikuyika pambali Patriarchate ya Akasidi ndikutenga udindo woimira Akhristu mdzikolo.
Lingaliro la pulezidenti wa Iraq ndi kuwonjezera pa zochitika zina zoipa zomwe zimachititsa kuti gulu lachikhristu likhale lokonzekera kutayika m'madera ake a mbiri yakale ku Iraq.
Zodetsa nkhawa kwambiri ndizo
- kulandidwa kwa nthaka kosaloledwa m’mbiri yakale ya Akristu a ku Nineve Plain;
- malamulo atsopano achisankho okhudza kagawidwe ka mipando yosungidwira oimira akhristu;
- kusonkhanitsa deta ndi boma la Iraq kuti apange "database" pamagulu achikhristu;
- zofalitsa ndi anthu kampeni kuwononga mbiri ya Cardinal Sako;
- kukhazikitsidwa kwa lamulo loletsa kulowetsa ndi kugulitsa mowa, kuphatikizapo vinyo wofunikira pa ntchito za kulambira kwa magulu achikristu.
Cardinal Sako and the Babylon Movement
Cardinal Sako, yemwe adakonza ulendo wa mbiri yakale wa Papa Francis ku Iraq mu 2021, adasankhidwa kukhala Cardinal wa Chaldean Catholic Church ndi Papa ku Vatican mu 2018.
Sako ndi Babylon Movement motsogozedwa ndi Kildani, yemwe akuimbidwa mlandu kuti ndi omwe adayambitsa kuchotsedwa kwa lamulo la pulezidenti, akhala akugwira nawo nkhondo ya mawu.
Kumbali ina, bamboyu nthawi zonse amadzudzula mtsogoleri wa zigawenga podzinenera kuti akuyimira zofuna za akhristu ngakhale chipani chawo chidapambana mipando inayi mwamipando isanu yomwe akhristu adapatsidwa pa chisankho cha 2021 ku Iraq. Otsatira ake adathandizidwa mozama komanso poyera ndi asitikali andale achi Shiite omwe adagwirizana ndi Iran mumgwirizano wosagwirizana ndi chilengedwe.
Kumbali ina, Kildani wadzudzula Sako kuti walowerera ndale komanso kuwononga mbiri ya Tchalitchi cha Akasidi.
Kildani adatulutsa mawu odzudzula Sako kuti asamukira ku Kurdistan Region "kuthawa makhothi aku Iraq pamilandu yomwe angamutsutse."
Kildani adakananso kuti Sako adalemba gulu lake ngati gulu lankhondo. “Ndife gulu la ndale osati magulu ankhondo. Ndife chipani cha ndale chomwe tikuchita nawo ndale ndipo tili m’gulu la Running the State Coalition,” idatero chikalatacho.
Kadinala Sako akuthawa ku Baghdad
Popanda kuzindikiridwa ndi boma, Kadinala Sako adalengeza kuti achoka ku Baghdad kupita ku Kurdistan m'mawu atolankhani omwe adatulutsidwa pa Julayi 15. Chifukwa chomwe adaperekera kampeni yolimbana naye komanso kuzunzidwa kwa anthu amdera lake.
Kumayambiriro kwa mwezi wa May, mtsogoleri wa Tchalitchi cha Chaldean adapezeka kuti ali pakati pa kampeni yowopsya yofalitsa nkhani, kutsatira mawu ake otsutsa pa ndale za anthu ochepa achikhristu ku Iraq. Patriarch Sako adadzudzula kuti zipani zambiri zimakhala ndi mipando yanyumba yamalamulo yosungidwa ndi malamulo a anthu ochepa, kuphatikiza akhristu.
Pafupifupi chaka chapitacho, pakutsegulira sinodi yapachaka ya mabishopu achikaldayo ku Baghdad pa 21 Ogasiti, Kadinala Sako adawonetsa kufunika kwa kusintha kwa malingaliro ndi "dongosolo ladziko" la dziko lake, pomwe "cholowa cha Chisilamu chapangitsa Akhristu kukhala nzika zamtundu wachiwiri ndikulola kulanda katundu wawo". Kusintha komwe Papa Francisko adayitanitsa kale mu Marichi 2021, paulendo wake wopita mdzikolo.
Zomwe zachitika posachedwa kuyambira Meyi ku Iraq zikuwonetsa momwe anthu opitilira 400,000 a Katolika aku Kaldya ali pachiwopsezo chowopsa.
Ena amati Patriarch Sako anayenera kutengera chitsanzo cha Purezidenti wa Ukraine Zelensky, yemwe anakana kuthawa pa taxi ndipo anasankha kukhala ndi anthu ake ndi kumenyana nawo kumbali yake motsutsana ndi adani a Russia koma makamaka, panali chipwirikiti cha dziko lonse pakati pa Akhristu ndi kupitirira pa lamulo la pulezidenti.
Kudandaula kwapadziko lonse komanso padziko lonse lapansi
Chigamulochi chinayambitsa chisokonezo m'dziko lonse kuchokera kwa mamembala ndi atsogoleri achikhristu, omwe adatsutsa ndondomeko ya pulezidenti wa Iraq ndipo adalongosola kuti ndi kuukira mwachindunji kwa Cardinal Sako, munthu wolemekezeka kwambiri m'dera lake komanso padziko lonse lapansi.
Anthu okhala ku Ainkawa, chigawo cha Akhristu ambiri chomwe chili kumpoto chakumadzulo kwa mzindawu Erbil Mzindawu, unadzaza mumsewu kutsogolo kwa Cathedral of Saint Joseph masiku angapo apitawo kutsutsa zomwe adazitcha "kuphwanya kotheratu" motsutsana ndi dera lawo.
"Iyi ndi njira yandale yolanda zotsala zomwe akhristu asiya ku Iraq ndi Baghdad ndikuwathamangitsa. Tsoka ilo, uku ndikulunjika kwa akhristu komanso kuwopseza ufulu wawo, "Diya Butrus Slewa, womenyera ufulu wa anthu ndi ochepa ku Ainkawa, adauza a Rudaw English.
Magulu ena achisilamu adaperekanso thandizo kwa Patriarch Sako. Komiti ya akatswiri achisilamu aku Iraq, akuluakulu a Sunni apamwamba kwambiri mdzikolo, adawonetsa mgwirizano wake ndi iye ndikudzudzula malingaliro a Purezidenti wa Republic. Ulamuliro wapamwamba kwambiri wa Shiite ku Iraq, Ayatollah Ali Al Sistani, walengezanso kuti amathandizira kholo lachi Chaldean ndipo akuyembekeza kuti abwerera ku likulu lawo ku Baghdad posachedwa.
L'Œuvre d'Orient, limodzi mwa mabungwe othandiza mpingo wa katolika omwe amathandiza akhristu a kum’mawa, lati likukhudzidwa kwambiri ndi ganizo la boma la Iraq lochotsa chivomerezo cha dziko la Cardinal Sako pakuyendetsa mpingo wa Chaldean ndi chuma chake.
M'mawu omwe adatulutsidwa pa Julayi 17, L'Œuvre d'Orient adalimbikitsa Purezidenti wa Iraq Abdel Latif Rashid kuti asinthe chigamulocho.
“Zaka zisanu ndi zinayi pambuyo pa kuwukira kwa (ISIS), Akristu a ku Iraq akuwopsezedwa ndi maseŵera andale a mkati,” anadandaula motero. L'Œuvre d'Orient, yomwe yakhala ikuthandiza matchalitchi a Kum’maŵa ku Middle East, Horn of Africa, Eastern Europe ndi India kwa zaka pafupifupi 160.
EU kukhala chete?
Pa 19 Marichi, Cooperation Council pakati pa European Union ndi Iraq idachita msonkhano wake wachitatu, patadutsa zaka zisanu ndi ziwiri chifukwa cha zomwe zimatchedwa zovuta ku Iraq komanso kukhudzidwa kwa COVID-19.
Msonkhanowu unatsogozedwa ndi mkulu woimira mayiko akunja ndi chitetezo, Josep Borrell. Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Mohammed Hussein, adatsogolera nthumwi zaku Iraq.
Josep Borrell, Woimira Mkulu wa Zachilendo ndi Chitetezo cha Chitetezo, adanenedwa m'mawu ake kuti: "Boma la Iraq lingathe kudalira thandizo lathu - kuti lipindule anthu a Iraq, komanso chifukwa cha bata lachigawo. Chifukwa inde, Timayamikira kwambiri ntchito yabwino ya Iraq m'derali.
Bungwe la Cooperation Council takambirana zochitika ku Iraq ndi ku EU, zochitika zachigawo ndi chitetezo, ndi nkhani monga kusamuka, demokalase ndi ufulu wa anthu, malonda ndi mphamvu. Mawu oti "ufulu wa anthu" adasowa mu EU-Iraq Joint Statement koma adasinthidwa ndi "kupanda tsankho", "ulamuliro wa malamulo" ndi "ulamuliro wabwino."
Izi zikadali maziko olimba a mabungwe a EU kuti apemphe Purezidenti wa Iraq za kuchuluka kwa tsankho ndi kufooka kwa gulu lachikhristu, zomwe zachitika posachedwa kwambiri ndikuchotsa udindo wadziko komanso chikhalidwe cha Cardinal Sako. Uwu ndiye msomali womaliza m'bokosi la akhristu pambuyo pa kampeni yolimbana ndi Mkulu wa Akasidi, kutenga malo achikhristu mosaloledwa, nkhokwe yokayikitsa ya akhristu komanso kuletsedwa kwa vinyo kwa anthu ambiri. Dongosolo ladzidzidzi lofanana ndi lomwe likukhudzana ndi kupulumuka kwa ochepa a Yezidi likufunika.
Kodi EU ichita chiyani kuti ipewe kufa pang'onopang'ono kwa anthu ena ochepa achipembedzo?
