Urukiko rw’ikirenga rw’ubujurire muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika ku wa Gatandatu rwahagaritse icyemezo cyari cyafashwe cyasaba ko ubutegetsi bwa Donald Trump busubiza mu kazi abakozi barenga 1,000 ba Voice of America.
Ku itariki ya 22 Mata, Umucamanza Royce Lamberth w’Urukiko Rukuru rwa Amerika yari yategetse ubuyobozi bwa Amerika gukora ibishoboka byose kugira ngo basubize abakozi n’abakozi b’inzcontractors mu myanya yabo mu kigo cy’itangazamakuru cya Leta ya Amerika, ndetse hakongera gusubukurwa ibiganiro bya radiyo, televiziyo, serivisi z’itangazamakuru ryo kuri murandasi hamwe na bimwe mu nkunga za leta zitangwa kuri ibyo bigo.
Urukiko rw’ubujurire, binyuze mu cyemezo cyafashwe n’abacamanza babiri kuri umwe, rwasanze Umucamanza Lamberth nta bubasha yari afite bwo gutegeka ko abo bakozi basubizwa mu kazi cyangwa se gusubiza inyuma icyemezo cyo guhagarika inkunga ya miliyoni 15 z’amadolari y’Amerika yahabwaga Radio Free Asia na Middle East Broadcasting Networks.
Ikigo cya Leta ya Amerika gishinzwe itangazamakuru mpuzamahanga (USAGM) cyari cyafashe icyemezo cyo kohereza abakozi barenga 1,000 mu kiruhuko cy’agateganyo ndetse kibwira abandi bakozi 600 bakora nk’abakontraktiri ko amasezerano yabo agiye guseswa. Ibi byabaye mu kwezi kwa Werurwe ubwo ubuyobozi bwa Trump bwari butanze amabwiriza yo guhagarika ibiganiro byose by’iki kigo.
Urukiko rw’ubujurire rwavuze ko Leta itigeze ihakana igice cy’icyemezo cya Lamberth cyasabaga ko gahunda z’ingenzi za Voice of America zashyizwe mu mategeko zigomba kongera gutangwa uko bisanzwe. Raporo zitandukanye zasohotse ku wa Gatanu zagaragazaga ko VOA yari yatangiye imyiteguro yo kongera gutangira ibiganiro mu cyumweru gikurikira. USAGM ntiyahise itanga igitekerezo cyayo kuri iki cyemezo ku wa Gatandatu.
Umucamanza Cornelia Pillard, umwe mu bacamanza batatu bagize uru rukiko rw’ubujurire, yanze kujya mu cyemezo cyafashwe n’abandi bacamanza, avuga ko iki cyemezo “kigendeye kuri uru rubanza, gishobora gutuma ibi bigo bitakibaho cyangwa bitakora mu buryo bufatika igihe uru rubanza ruzaba rurangiye.”
Yakomeje avuga ko ingaruka z’iki cyemezo zishobora “kuzahagarika Voice of America mu gihe kirekire kiri imbere ndetse bigakuraho ubushobozi bwa Radio Free Asia na Middle East Broadcasting Networks bwo gukomeza guharanira uburenganzira bwabo kugeza urubanza rurangiye.”
Kubera amabwiriza yatanzwe na Perezida Trump, Voice of America ntirimo gutangaza amakuru ku nshuro ya mbere mu mateka yayo y’imyaka 80. Urubuga rwayo rwa interineti ntirwahinduwe guhera ku ya 15 Werurwe, naho za radiyo z’ibihugu by’amahanga zari zisanzwe zitangaza ibiganiro byayo zimwe zarahagaritse izindi zisigaye zicuranza gusa umuziki.
Urukiko rwa Lamberth rwasobanuye ko Kongere y’Amerika yategetse ko ibiganiro bya Voice of America bigomba gutambuka ku buryo buhoraho kandi ntirigeze iha ubuyobozi bwa Perezida uburenganzira bwo kubihagarika cyangwa kubihagarikira inkunga uko bishakiye.
Kari Lake, umwe mu bajyanama ba Perezida Trump, ni we watangaje ifungwa ry’ibi biganiro ku ya 15 Werurwe, ashyira hafi abakozi bose ba USAGM mu kiruhuko cy’agateganyo, avuga ko iki kigo “cyangiritse burundu” kandi “gikorera ku ruhande runenga Trump.” Ku wa Gatandatu, Lake yanditse ku mbuga nkoranyambaga avuga ko iki cyemezo cy’urukiko ari “intsinzi ikomeye kuri twe.”
