Kudirin doka da zai bukaci jami'an zaman lafiya a cikin jiragen ruwa da ke tashi daga tashar jiragen ruwa na California, ya kawar da cikas na farko a ranar Talata yayin da kwamitin kare lafiyar jama'a na majalisar dattijai ya kada kuri'a don ciyar da shi gaba a tsarin majalisa.
Irin wadannan jiragen ruwa gaba daya suna da jami’an tsaro masu zaman kansu, amma yawan laifukan da ake zarginsu da aikatawa a kan teku ya sanya wadanda abin ya shafa da iyalansu suka matsa kaimi don a sa ido sosai. Dokoki da hukumomin tarayya da na kasa da kasa da dama ne ke tsara jiragen ruwa, amma galibin manyan layukan jiragen ruwa suna yiwa jiragensu rajista a kasashen waje irin su Laberiya da Panama kuma suna tafiya cikin ruwa na kasa da kasa, lamarin da ke haifar da matsaloli masu sarkakiya.
Dokar Majalisar Dattijai 1582, wanda Sanata Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) na jihar ke daukar nauyinsa, ya yi kira don tallafawa "masu kula da teku" tare da kuɗin fasinja $ 1-rana. Masu kula da gandun daji za su sa ido kan lafiyar jama'a tare da tabbatar da cewa jiragen ruwa sun bi ka'idojin muhalli da suka hana su zubar da shara a tsakanin mil uku daga gabar tekun jihar. Idan an zartar, lissafin zai baiwa California mafi tsauraran ka'idojin jigilar ruwa a cikin al'umma.
Kwamitin kula da muhalli na majalisar dattijai zai duba kudirin ranar litinin. Wata kungiyar kasuwanci ta masana'antar jiragen ruwa ta fada jiya talata cewa tana adawa da kudirin dokar.
"Kowane layin jirgin ruwa yana goyan bayan ƙoƙarinku na hukunta laifuka akan jiragen ruwa," in ji Larry Kaye, lauyan ruwa na Cruise Line International Assn. Inc. "Wannan masana'antar ba za ta iya rayuwa ba idan fasinjojinmu ba su da lafiya. A gaskiya, za mu yi maraba da wani lissafin da ya ba California 'yancin yin bincike, tuhumi da yanke hukunci - kuma watakila ma'aikacin tashar jiragen ruwa zai zama mafita guda ɗaya - amma sanya ma'aikacin da ke cikin jirgin wanda ba shi da hurumi zai hana duk wani tuhuma ko da ta hanyar hukumar. FBI, kuma bai kamata mu bar hakan ta faru ba."
Amma yayin sauraron karar da aka yi a Sacramento ranar Talata, Simitian da wadanda aka samu da laifuka a cikin jiragen ruwa na balaguro sun bayyana "yanayin da ba shi da doka" wanda babban abin da masana'antar ke da shi shine kare kanta daga abin alhaki.
"Tsaron sirri yana cikin wani mawuyacin hali," in ji Simitian. “Dole ne jami’an tsaro su damu da batun hulda da jama’a. . . . Dole ne su damu da alhakin da ma'aikacin su ke da shi kuma a lokuta da yawa suna binciken laifukan da abokan aikinsu suka aikata."
Akwai bukatar a sami wasu sa ido, in ji Simitian, don kada “amince da mu” kada ya zama mizanin aiwatar da doka kan jiragen ruwa.
Laurie Dishman da ke zaune a Sacramento cikin hawaye ta shaida wa 'yan majalisar cewa an yi mata fyade a cikin wani jirgin ruwa na Royal Caribbean da ke tafiya daga Kudancin California a shekarar 2006. Ta ce lokacin da ta kai rahoton lamarin ga ma'aikatan jirgin, sai suka mika mata buhunan shara, suka ce ta tattara nata shaidar.
Kendall Carver, shugaban kungiyar masu safarar jiragen ruwa ta kasa da kasa, ya bayyana bacewar diyarsa balagaggu, wacce Royal Caribbean ba ta kai rahoton bata ga hukumar FBI ba, sai bayan makonni biyar bayan da jirgin ruwanta ya kare a 2004. Ba a same ta ba.
Masana'antar ta ce ba ta da "juriya ga aikata laifuka," in ji Carver, amma "abu na karshe da suke so su yi shi ne samun wani mai cin gashin kansa a cikin jirgin don tabbatar da cewa babu abin da ya faru."
Sen. Gloria Romero (D-Los Angeles), shugabar kwamitin tsaro, ta karfafa masana'antu da masu ba da shawara ga wadanda abin ya shafa suyi aiki tare.
"Kuna da aikin ku," in ji Romero ya gaya wa Simitian. "Ina tsammanin akwai wasu karin tsaka-tsaki da ke samuwa a gare mu. . . . Masana'antar layin jirgin ruwa tana da mahimmanci ga California. Muna so mu tabbatar da cewa yana da aminci kuma a lokaci guda kuma kada ya wuce gona da iri.
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