UJohn Hume, umlweli wesizwe waseIreland, umrhwebi woxolo waseNorthern Ireland, enconywa ngamaKatolika, amaProtestanti kunye neenkokeli zehlabathi.
UJohn Hume wayengumKatolika wesizwe owamela i-Ireland njengelizwe elimanyeneyo, kodwa naye wayengumntu onoxolo kwaye watyhutyha umsantsa kwinkampu yomanyano lwamaProtestanti ikakhulu ngexesha apho uMntla Ireland wawukwimo yongquzulwano olunzulu kwinkulungwane edlulileyo.
Umngcwabo wakhe wawuseSt, Eugene's Cathedral, eLondonderry nge-5 ka-Agasti emva kokubhubha kwakhe kwiintsuku ezimbini ngaphambili eneminyaka engama-83.
Umongameli waseIreland uMichael D Higgins, uTaoiseach (iNkulumbuso) uMicheál Martin kunye nomphathiswa wokuqala waseMntla Ireland kunye nosekela mphathiswa wokuqala u-Arlene Foster noMichelle O'Neill babephakathi kwabo bazili kwi-requiem mass.
Ngenxa yenoveli yekoronavirus, i-COVID-19, usapho lukaHume lwalucele abantu abazilileyo ukuba bahlale ekhaya kwaye bakhanyise “ikhandlela loxolo” emnyango wabo ngembeko ngaphambi komngcwabo owawulungiselelwe ubhubhane.
U-Hume wazalelwa eLondonderry ngoJanuwari 1937 kwindawo ephezulu yoxinzelelo, unyana we-riveter engaphangeliyo, i-arhente yeendaba yeReuters yabhala.
'AWUKWAZI UKUTYA iflegi'
Uyise, iqhawe lakhe, wamcenga ukuba aphephe ubuzwe bobuzwe “kuba awukwazi ukutya iflegi”.
“Le nto ebeyithetha yile ndiyithethayo namhlanje, ukuba ipolitiki yokwenyani ayikokuphephezelisa iflegi. Bamalunga nokubonelela ngesonka etafileni yakho nophahla phezu kwentloko yakho,” watsho uHume.
Wafumana ukunconywa kwiinkokeli zamaKatolika, zamaTshetshi namaProtestanti kwakunye neenkokeli zopolitiko kwihlabathi jikelele ngendima yakhe kwinkqubo yoxolo.
“Ukufa kukaJohn Hume, omnye wabona badali boxolo nabatshatsheli bobulungisa bentlalo-ntle kwixesha lethu, kuya kuviwa ngabantu abaninzi ekuhlaleni nasehlabathini lonke,” watsho ubhishophu wamaKatolika waseDerry, uBhishophu waseDerry emva kokufa kwakhe.
“Ubunikele ubomi bakhe kwintlalontle yolu luntu, ngaphandle kweendleko ezincinci kuye.
“Ngelixa wayehamba kwinqanaba lehlabathi, wahlala ezinzile kwisixeko sakhe sasekuhlaleni. Yayiziimeko ezithile ezazigquba apha kwisixeko sakowabo ezanceda ekuphuhliseni umbono wakhe wekamva.”
Imbeko kuHume, omnye wabayili abaphambili benkqubo yoxolo yaseMntla Ireland, ibonakalise isidima samazwe ngamazwe, iBBC inike ingxelo.
Owayesakuba nguMongameli wase-US uBill Clinton ukhumbule ukuzingisa kwakhe kunye nokuzinikela kwakhe ngokungagungqiyo ekungabini nobundlobongela, ngelixa owayesakuba yiNkulumbuso yase-UK uTony Blair, owayese-ofisini xa kusayinwa iSivumelwano esiLungileyo soxolo eNyakatho ye-Ireland, wamchaza njenge-titan yezopolitiko.
Indima yakhe ekuququzeleleni ilungiselelo lokwabelwana kwamandla ka-1998, elathi laphelisa ubundlobongela bamahlelo engingqi obubandakanya amaqela afana neIrish Republican Army (IRA) kunye ne-Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF), yambona ephumelela ibhaso leNobel Peace Prize.
U-Hume wafumana ibhaso kunye no-David Trimble xa wayeyinkokeli ye-Ulster Unionist Party iqela elime uMntla Ireland uyinxalenye ye-United Kingdom hayi kwi-Ireland emanyeneyo.
Aba babini bazise kwinkqubo yoxolo amaqela alwayo abonwa njengamele amaqela axhaswa ligcuntswana lamaKatolika kunye nesininzi samaProtestanti.
“Kwiphulo lakhe loxolo, ekhuthazwe ngumzekelo kaMfundisi uGqr. Martin Luther King Omnci., wasebenzisa indibaniselwano ephumeleleyo yezibongozo zikawonke-wonke ngokuchasene nobundlobongela boMkhosi weRiphabhulikhi yaseIreland kunye nonxibelelwano oluyimfihlo kunye nobunkokeli bayo bezopolitiko, ehlala phantsi uthetha kwindlu yakhe ephantsi eqhuba ikofu. Ngobuchule nangokuzingisa wabhalisa i-White House ukuba imncede afikelele usukelo lwakhe,” U-Alan Cowell wabhala kwiNew York Times nge-3 ka-Agasti.
IMODERATOR YAMAPRESBYTERIA
UMhleli we Icawa yaseRhabe eIreland, uMfu. David Bruce, wathi, “Ekusukeleni ibutho labantu elinoxolo nelinobulungisa, inkolelo kaJohn Hume yokuba izikhalazo nokungekho sikweni okudluleyo kunokuthabathel’ indawo oko wayekubiza ngokuba ‘yisisa esitsha somoya nesenzo’ ayifanele ilityalwe.
“Wabonisa umnqweno wokwenene wokudibanisa abantu ukuze kulungelwe abantu bonke nokwakha uluntu olunobulungisa nolunoxolo. Sibulela ngabadali boxolo, yaye ngokukodwa ngolu suku lulusizi, uJohn Hume.”
The UBhishophu Omkhulu waseTshetshi waseArmagh, uJohn McDowell, wathi uHume “uya kukhunjulwa kungekuphela nje njengelungu lezobupolitika elibalulekileyo eIreland kodwa kwanangokuzinikela kwakhe ngokupheleleyo ekwenzeni utshintsho lwezobupolitika lwenzeke ngeendlela zoxolo kuphela.”
Imizobo eseludongeni epeyintwe kaHume kudala iluphawu lweendonga zeLondonderry - ekwabizwa ngokuba yiDerry - isixeko esikumda waseIreland esabona ezinye zezahluko ezimnyama zento ebizwa ngokuba "ziNgxaki" kuMantla eIreland.
Kwelinye, isithunzi sakhe sikwisikhundla ngaphandle koogxa bakhe abawongwe ngewonga leNobel uNelson Mandela, uMama Teresa kunye noMartin Luther King Omnci.
Njengenkwenkwe, uHume waya kwiKholeji yaseSaint Columb eDerry ngaphambi kokungena kwisikolo sobufundisi eMaynooth, kwi-County Kildare kwiRiphabhlikhi yaseIreland, apho wagqiba ekubeni ububingeleli abukho kuye, i-RTE, umsasazi wesizwe wase-Irish wabika.
Waba ngumfundisi-ntsapho waza watshata noPatricia ngowe-1960.
Imbeko kaPope Francis eya kuHume yafundwa kwimisa yomngcwabo nguBishop McKeown.
“Ecinga ngokholo lobuKristu olwaphefumlela uJohn Hume kwimigudu engadinwanga yokukhuthaza iingxoxo, uxolelwaniso noxolo phakathi kwabantu baseMntla Ireland, ubuNgcwele bakhe buwuncoma umphefumlo wakhe obekekileyo kwinceba enothando kaThixo uSomandla,” watsho uFrancis.
Inkwenkwezi yaseIreland kunye nosaziwayo UBono wabhala, “Sasikhangela isigebenga saza safumana indoda ebomi bayo benza bonke ubomi bethu bukhulu ngakumbi.”.
