Ku itariki ya 9 Mutarama 2025, ku wa Kane muri Washington National Cathedral, ibirori bikomeye byabayeho, byahurije hamwe abaperezida bacyuye igihe mu rwego rwo gusezera bwa nyuma kuri Jimmy Carter, wahoze ari Perezida wa Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Uyu muhango udasanzwe wahuje abanyapolitiki b’ibihe bitandukanye, nk’ikimenyetso cy’umwanya ukomeye Carter afite mu mateka ya Amerika no ku isi muri rusange.
Jimmy Carter, witabye Imana tariki ya 29 Ukuboza 2024 afite imyaka 100, yibukijwe nk’umuyobozi w’inyangamugayo, umukristu wimakaje indangagaciro z’umuryango, n’umunyapolitiki w’imyumvire yarenze kure igihe cye. Nubwo yagize manda imwe gusa kuva mu 1977 kugeza mu 1981, ibikorwa bye byo kurwanya ivangura, guteza imbere uburenganzira bw’abagore, no kurengera ibidukikije byatumye amateka amwibuka nk’umuntu waharaniye iterambere rirambye.
Mu muhango wo kumushyingura, abari bahari barimo abaperezida bacyuye igihe nka Barack Obama na Donald Trump, Perezida Joe Biden, ndetse n’abandi banyacyubahiro bo muri politiki, mu nkiko, no mu nzego zitandukanye z’ubuyobozi. Bose bahuriye mu buryo butandukanye ku butwari bwa Carter mu mibereho ye. Perezida Joe Biden yagize ati: “Carter yanyigishije ko gukomera ku ndangagaciro z’umuntu bisumba umwanya uwo ari wo wose ufite. Yari umuntu ufite imbaraga mu myitwarire, ukemera ko buri wese akwiye icyubahiro n’agaciro.”
Carter yaranzwe no gufata ibyemezo bikomeye bigamije iterambere ry’igihe kirekire, nubwo byagiye bigira ingaruka ku nyungu za politiki mu gihe cye. Stuart Eizenstat, wahoze ari umujyanama we, yavuze ko nubwo Carter ashobora kutaba uwo gushyirwa ku Mount Rushmore, ariko agomba gushyirwa mu birenge byaho kubera ko yakoze Amerika ikomeye kandi isi ikarushaho kuba umutekano.
Mu ijambo rye, Jason Carter, umwuzukuru wa Carter, yavuze ko sekuru yari umuntu wicisha bugufi kandi witangiye rubanda. Yagize ati: “Nubwo yabaye Perezida, imyaka myinshi y’ubuzima bwe yayimaze i Plains muri Georgia, aho yabaga mu buryo bworoheje nk’umuturage usanzwe.” Yongeyeho ko sekuru yari “umurwanyi w’ibidukikije” no kurwanya ivangura, ndetse n’umuyobozi wagize uruhare mu guteza imbere uburenganzira bw’abagore no guharanira ubutabera.
Muri Cathedral ya Washington, abari bahari bagaragaje ubwubahane n’ishimwe rikomeye. Ibirori byarazwe n’amagambo y’ibyishimo n’agahinda, ndetse n’ubuhamya bw’abagize umuryango we n’abakoranye na we. Nyuma y’umuhango wabereye muri Washington, umurambo wa Carter wajyanywe muri Georgia, aho yashyinguwe mu buryo bwihariye ku musozi wa Plains, hafi y’urugo rwe rwari ruri mu muryango we imyaka myinshi.
Jimmy Carter, nubwo atakiri mu buzima, yasigiye isi umurage ukomeye w’imyitwarire n’ibikorwa bifite agaciro gakomeye ku muryango mugari. Politiki n’ubuzima bwite byamuhaye icyubahiro nk’umwe mu baperezida batoranyirijwe kwibukwa nk’urugero rwiza rw’umuntu wayoboye neza kandi ubigiranye umutima.
