I-Pentagon icacise esitatimendeni ngoLwesine ukuthi amasosha ase-US awagunyaziwe ukusebenzisa amandla ngokumelene nezakhamizi zaseMelika ngesikhathi sokhetho.
Ngokwenza kanjalo, iPentagon yahlehla eziphakamisweni zalowo owayengumongameli Ozimele uRobert F. Kennedy Jr. kanye noMichael Flynn, owayengumeluleki wezokuphepha kuzwelonke kuMongameli wangaphambilini uTrump.
“Izinqubomgomo eziphathelene nokusetshenziswa kwamandla yi-DOD [Department of Defense] okubhekiswe ku-DoDD 5240.01 akukusha, futhi ayigunyazi i-DOD ukuthi isebenzise amandla abulalayo ezakhamuzini zase-US noma abantu abangaphakathi e-United States, ngokuphambene namahemuhemu nezinkulumo ezisakazwa ezinkundleni zokuxhumana, “kusho umkhulumeli wePentagon uSue Gough esitatimendeni. isitatimende ku-Associated Press.
Umyalelo we-DOD 5240.01 usebenza kwezobunhloli bokuvikela komuntu siqu futhi uchaza ukuthi hlobo luni lokusekelwa lezo zikhulu ezingalunikeza abomthetho ezimeni lapho kungase kube nokungqubuzana noma ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okubulalayo kungenzeka, ngokusho kwe-AP.
Umyalelo ukubeka kucace ukuthi nakuba abasebenzi bezobunhloli bezokuvikela bengakwazi ukuhlinzeka ngobuhlakani, ukuhlaziya, ukuqeqeshwa, izinto zokusebenza kanye nezikhali kuziphathimandla ezingaphansi kwezimo ezithile, azikwazi ukusebenzisa amandla.
Umthetho we-Posse Comitatus wenza ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ngamasosha ombuso ezakhamuzini zase-US kube ngokungekho emthethweni, ngaphandle kwasezimweni zokuzivikela.
Eposini eliya kubalandeli bakhe abayizigidi ezi-4 enkundleni yezokuxhumana u-X, uKennedy uthe ukubuyekezwa komyalelo bekuhloselwe ukuphazamisa ukhetho lwalo nyaka futhi kuzogunyaza ukusetshenziswa kwamandla ezakhamuzini zase-US eziphikisana nezinqubomgomo zikahulumeni.
UGough uthe isikhathi somyalelo obuyekeziwe asihlobene nokhetho.
UTrump uqhubekisele phambili la mahemuhemu, ethi uzobiza amasosha “ngesitha esingaphakathi,” okuhlanganisa nama-liberal akude kwesokunxele. Ukuphindaphinde kabili lokhu kuphawula kodwa waphika ukuthi ubesabisa noma ngubani.
