Lawrence Pherliam Sumer
Bunsien ngi ju diaw haba ngi iohi ia ka jinglong jingman ha ka kam sain hima sima jong ngi bad ia kane la nang pynskhem shuh shuh ha man ki aiom jong ka jingjied nongmihkhmat kaba iaid tawiar ha man ki 5 snem. Ka rukon synshar paidbah (democratic setup) jong ka ri jong ngi, ka phiel ban pynmih shisha ia kita ki nongialam kiba kat ki nongialam, pynban la nang mih bun da ki nongialam ki bym pat kot ha ki jingmut jingpyrkhat jong ki bad phewse, ki bym ai ruh ia ka jingshakri kaba dei shisha ia ki paidbah. Kum kine ki nongialam ki kloi eh ban ialam bakla ia ka jing lui lui u paidbah bad kane ka long ka jinglong jingman kaba iadei eh bad kane ka juk kaba mynta. La ong ba ka don ka “jingbymshaniah” shuh jong u babun balang ha kane ka rukom jied nongmihkhmat laitluid ha kine ki sngi.
Katkum ka Pew Survey ha ki 27 tylli ki ri ka pyrthei (April 2019) la pyni ba haduh 51% ki briew kim shaniah shuh ia ka rukom long ha ka synshar paidbah. Na kata ka daw ka poi biang sha ka jingiohlad ki nongsynshar donbor (authoritarian figure) kiba la nang khie khlieh, kaba ngim da donkam eh ban jngoh palat na ka ri ka jong ngi. Kumta ruh ngi lah ban ong ba ka jingjied nongmihkhmat ha kine ki sngi kam pynmih shuh ia ki nongialam kiba ki paidbah ki thrang ban ioh. Balei mo ba ka long kumta? Hato ka dei ka jingbakla jied jong ki paidbah? Ka jingbakla jied kyrtong ki seng? Lane, balei ba yn da jop kim kot sha kata kaba ki ju khlei ha shuwa ka election, lah mo ban long ba ka kam, ka long kaba khia bad kaba eh? U Winston Churchill u ong “ka jingsynshar paidbah ka dei kaba sinew eh na ki rukom synshar – tangba kaba bha eh na ki rukom synshar kiba ngi la ioh.”
Don katto katne ki daw kiba pynlong ia ngi ban ioh ia ka jingsynshar ka bym hun ia ngi ki paidbah. Kaba nyngkong ka dei ka jingduna ha ka pyrkhat pyrdain bad ka jingbym tip (ignorance & misinformed voters) ki nongbud. Ngi ki nongbud ngi ju sngewtynnad ban jied ia kita ki kyrtong kiba lah ban pynioh nong ia ngi shimet shimet, kaba pynhun tang katto katne khyllipmat, klet not pat ia ka lawei ki khun ki kti kaban dang wan. Ngi kwah ia kaei kaei kaba wanrah jingmyntoi “mynta noh”. Ngi kham lah ban die ia ka vote ka jong ngi tang da ki spah ne hajar tyngka ban ia kaba ialeh ba ki kyrtong kin da hap ban ioh ia ka bhah ka vote jong ngi da ka jingtrei shitom ka jong ki. Ngi thait eh ban pyrkhat bad puson ia ka lawei ki khun ki kti jong, ngi kham lah ban shu long “niangkohnguh”, ban pyn pyrkhat ia ngi da kiwei pat, ngin shu bud beit shata, namar ka “hana” jong kita kiwei ka kham sngewdei ban ia kaei ba ka jabieng jong ngi ka pynsngew ha ngi. Nga ngeit ba kane ka jingjaituh bad jingjai pdeh wat ban “pyndonkam ia la ka jong ka jabieng” ban puson bad pyrkhat ka dei ka daw bah kaba pynlong ia ngi ban ioh ia ki nongmihkhmat kiba ngi ioh mynta. Ha kawei pat ka liang, ki kyrtong ki kmen eh ban tip ba uba bun balang u long uba kloi ban “ngeit bad kohnguh” u bym pyndonkam ia la ka jabieng, te ban pynhun ia kum kita ki jingkwah brai kiba shi khyllipmat ka long kaba suk haduh katta katta. Na kata ka daw, ki kyrtong ha kine ki sngi ki shu wad tang ia ki katto katne ki rangbah kiba lah bei pisa na ka bynta jong ki ryngkat bad ka jing ia sngewthuh ba ynda ki la wan ha ka bor, kin hap ban siew pat lyngba ki lad ai kami ai jam.
Kaba ar ka jingbym don ki kyrtong kiba la “ih” ban jied. Haba ong “u riew sain pyrthei uba la ih” kam da dei eh kiba la nang la stad (highly qualified), hooid ka don la ka jong ka jingiohnong haba ki nang ki stad, hynrei kaba kongsan eh ka dei ka “sap ban shakri.” Bun eh kiba iabeh ban ieng kum ki kyrtong ha kine ki sngi kim shim shuh ia kane ka kam baka long ka kam “shakri u paidbah”, pynban ka kam “kynrad u paidbah”. La iohi ruh ba ka kam nongmihkhmat ka long kaba kloi eh ban pyniohnong ialade shimet bad nangta pat ia la ki jong kiba ha ing hasem. Hato kata ka mut ba tang ba don ka sap ban shakri ka labiang? Em, donkam pat ia kum kita ba kin trei shitom ban pynjanai shuh shuh ia lade ban kham “tip bad shemphang” ha ka kam kaba ki trei. Kaba eh than ban iohi ka long ba wat ki kyrtong kiba don ka jingmut kaba bha ban shakri shisha ia u paidbah, bunsien bunsien ki tang la jop bad hadien katto katne por ki kylla noh na ki jingthmu babha jong ki. Ka daw bah ka long, ka jingmeng bad jing sngew khraw kaba wan kynshoit kum u nongmihkhmat, kaba wanrah ia ka jing sngew tip lut. Pynban, kaei kaba ki dei ban sngewthuh ka long ba ka jingjop ka dei tang ka jingsdang jong ki ban “nang tip bad shemphang” shuh shuh ha kata ka lynti iaid ka jong ki. Bunsien, ngi shem ba kiba don ka sap ban shakri ynda ki la jop, kim pule shuh, kim wad jingtip shuh bad kim pyntbit shuh ialade ha ka ktien ka thylliej. Don ka jingong “ki nongialam ki dei ki riew pule.” Kumta, ynda la dei ban ang ka shyntur ban kren ha Assembly la shu kren kat shaba lap ba shem, kaba ialam sha ka jinglehrain, ym tang ialade shimet, hynrei ia ka kur ka khong ruh bad ia ka jaitbynriew ruh baroh kawei.
Kaba lai ka daw ka long ka jingbym don ki seng sain pyrthei kiba kloi ban ai kti kadiang kti kamon ia u paidbah ban da wad janai da ki kyrtong kiba long ki riew shemphang (statesman). Kumba la kdew haneng, ki shu hun tang ba la ioh jingjop ha katto katne ki seat bad ban don ha ka bor synshar, kata hi ka la biang ia ki. Bun ki seng ba la shu ia synrop tang ban don ha ka bor synshar bad kaba thew biang sha ka jingiohnong ialade shimet. Kumta ruh ki briew kim bud shuh ia ki seng bad ka nongrim ba ki ieng (nongrim aiu? Ki seng ha kine ki sngi kiba bun hi ym don nongrim shuh), hynrei la shu peit noh tang sha u kyrtong. Kumta mih ki seng kiba shu iarah jingjop mar katto katne ki seat bad ym ioh shuh ia ki seng ban ioh ia ka jingbun paid (majority) tang kawei. Te kumta ki seng kiba kham heh ruh ki hap ban pynhun ia ki seng rit, te hangno shuh ka bynta ban ai ka jing synshar kaba paka. Ki seng sain pyrthei ha ngi leilei, lait noh katto katne kiba don ka thong kaba kham jngai, ki wad tang ia ki kyrtong kiba kham thikna ban jop (winnability factor), ym shuh ki riew sain pyrthei kiba “tip bad shemphang”. Phewse, ngi iohi ba ki lama jong ki, ki kaweh tang ha shuwa ka election bad mar ia dep la khylliap noh, tad haduh ban da poi pat sa kawei ka election. Kumba ong uwei u Rangbah, “hangne ha ri jong ngi ym don ka kolshor seng (party culture)”.
Kaba saw, namar ba ka dei ka kam ka bym donkam ia kata ka qualification, dei ban don ka jingkit khlieh na ki media, hooid, ha kine ki sngi ngi iohi ia katto katne ki interview ia ki nongilam ki seng sain pyrthei, kaba long ka jingkhang iit ia ngi ban iohi khyndiat shaphang ki nongialam jong ngi. Ha kajuh ka por, la dei ban leh kumjuh ruh ha shuwa ka election, ban da khot kyrpang ki riew shemphang ki ban pyniaid ia ki “common platform” ha ki shnong ki ban kylli ki jingkylli kiba iahap bad iadei (relevant) bad ka constituency ba ki ieng. Kam lei lei lada don ki kyrtong ki bym poi sha kum kine ki “jingiatai bad jingiathir” shaphang ka constituency ba ki ieng, hynrei ki paidbah hi kin ioh ban bishar kiba kumno ki kyrtong ki kwah ban mihkhmat ia ki.
Hooid, dang don shuh shuh ki lad ki lynti kiba kham bniah ban jied ia ki nongmihkhmat, hynrei lada ngi sdang shuwa tang na kine kiba la kdew haneng kiba long ka jingsdang, ka lah ban wanrah ia ka jingkylla sha ka jingbha. Ka long kaba suk eh ban shu kdew kti ia ki nongmihkhmat ki bym kot sha ka kam ba ki dei ban pyndep, hynrei, kum u paidbah nongbud, lada ngim ialeh ban shim shuwa ia ka jingkitkhlieh nymngkong ha lade, kan sa long biang ka jingbabe ka ban iai ban pat ia ngi sa san tylli ki snem ki ban wan bad ym myntio ba ngin thnum khlem da leh eiei kaba ngi dei ban leh, long kum kato ka shuki kaba shu khih hajuh shi hajuh (rocking chair) khlem da poi shano shano ruh.
Khublei,
Lawrence Pherliam Sumer
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