Ngaahi peesi fakalotofonuá
Fakataha ʻa e Kau Fakafofonga mei he Pasifikí ke Aleaʻi ʻa e Ngeia ʻo e Faʻahinga ʻo e Tangatá
ʻI he Konifelenisi ʻo e Ngaahi Fakakaukau ʻa e ʻOtu Motú ki he Ngeia ʻo e Faʻahinga ʻo e Tangatá (Oceanian Perspectives on Human Dignity Conference) naʻe fai ʻi he ʻUnivēsiti ʻo Pilikihami ʻIongi–Hauaʻí ʻi he konga kimui ʻo ʻEpeleli 2024, naʻe kole ai ʻe ʻEletā Taniela B. Uakolo, ko ha Fitungofulu Taki Māʻolunga mo ha mēmipa ʻo e Kau Palesitenisī ʻo e ʻĒlia Pasifikí ʻo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní, “Ko e hā ha founga ʻe taha ki hono sipela ʻo e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá?”
Naʻá ne tali pē ʻene fehuʻí ʻo pehē, “Ko e ʻO-F-A.”
Naʻe hoko atu ʻa ʻEletā Uakolo, “ʻOku ou saiʻia ʻi he palōveape faka-Mauli, ʻoku ou tui naʻe faʻu ʻaki ʻa e ‘ʻO-F-A’ mo e ‘uouangataha ʻi he faikehekehé’: “He aha te mea nui o te ao? Ko e hā ʻa e meʻa mahuʻinga taha ʻi he māmaní? He Tangata, he tangata, he tangata. Ko e kakaí, ko e kakaí, ko e kakaí.”
Naʻá ne hoko atu ʻo pehē, “Ko e ngaahi foha mo e ngaahi ʻofefine kotoa kitautolu ʻo e ʻOtuá. ʻI he mahino kiate kitautolu ʻa e tokāteline ko ʻení, ʻe liliu ai ʻetau tōʻonga mo e ʻulungaanga ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻo ʻikai ha toe fakaʻatā makehe.”
Naʻe fakatahataha mai ʻa e kau fakafofonga ʻo e Pasifikí ki ha konifelenisi ʻaho ua, ʻa ia naʻe fakataumuʻa ke fakalahi ʻa e mahino ki he founga ʻoku tokangaekina ʻaki ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei ha ngaahi fakakaukau kehekehe ʻa e kakai mei he ʻOtu Motú kau ai ʻa e laó, tui fakalotú, anga fakafonuá, mo e nofo ʻa e koló.
Naʻe aleaʻi ʻe he fuofua pēnoló ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e tukufakaholo ʻo e tuí ʻi he ʻOtu Motú. Naʻe fakamatala ai ʻa ʻEletā Taniela Uakolo fakataha mo ha kau taki lotu faka-Kalisitiane, faifekau Semisi Sili Pakuani, Sekelitali Lahi, Konifelenisi ʻo e Ngaahi Siasí ʻi he Pasifikí; Faifekau Dr. Pita Loi Songo, ʻEpikopō ʻo Suva, Fisí; mo Pātele Falaniseni X. Heisolo, ko ha Faifekau ʻo e Sōsaieti ʻo Sīsuú (Jesuit Priest) mei Maikolonīsia.
Naʻe aleaʻi ʻe he kau ʻekatēmiká, loeá, kau taki fakapuleʻangá, kau taki lotú, mo e kau poupou ki he totonu ʻo e tangatá ʻa e ngaahi fakakaukau ki he ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he ngaahi fonua ʻo Tongá, Fisí, ʻOtu Motu Kukí, Haʻamoa mo Nuʻu Sila, pea pehē foki ki Hauaiʻi mo Kuamu.
Ko e tefito naʻe fai ki ai ʻa e fakamatalá ko e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mo e mītiá ʻi he ʻOtu Motú, kae pehē foki ki he tui fakalotú mo e sōsiaeti sivilé.
ʻI he fakaʻosinga ʻo e konifelenisí, naʻe fai ai ʻa e lea tukú ʻe Puleti Saafi, Talēkita, Senitā Fakavahaʻapuleʻanga ki he Ako Laó mo e Tui Fakalotú.
Naʻá ne fakahaaʻi ai ʻa e fakamālō ki he ui ʻa ʻEletā Uakolo ke “fāifeinga ki he uouangataha ʻi he faikehekehé.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe Saafi, “Naʻe fakamanatu mai ʻe ʻEletā Uakolo ʻa e mahuʻinga ʻo e ongo fekau lalahi ʻe ua, ke ‘ʻofa ki he ʻOtuá ʻaki hotau mālohí, ʻatamaí mo e iví,’ pea ke ‘ʻofa ki ho kaungāʻapí.’”
ʻI heʻene leá, naʻe vahevahe ai ʻe Saafi ha ngaahi kupuʻi lea fekauʻaki mo e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá mei he konikelenisí naʻe mahuʻinga kiate iá.
Naʻe pehē ʻe Faifekau Sēmisi Sili Pakuani, “ʻOku fakahaaʻi ʻa e ʻofá ʻi he ngaahi feituʻu fakapuleʻangá ko e fakamaau totonú.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe Faifekau Dr. Pita Loi Songo, “ʻOku makatuʻunga ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi hotau koló mo hotau haʻá. ʻOku ʻikai ko ha meʻa fakafoʻituitui ia te tau lava ʻo fai ʻiate kitautolu pē.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe Pātele Falanisesi X. Heisolo, “Ko e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻoku fakamāmani lahi ia. Ka ʻikai fakamāmani lahi ia, ʻoku taʻeʻaonga leva ia.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe Dr. Natasa Kaani, “ʻOku fakanatula pē ʻa e tupu ʻa e totonu ʻo e tangatá mei he ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá, ʻo aʻu pē ki he ngaahi feituʻu ʻoku fakangatangata ai ʻa e totonu ʻo e tangatá mo e ngaahi tuʻunga ʻulungaanga fakauēsité.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe Loukinikini Vili Leualavu, “ʻOku paotoloaki pea poupouʻi ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi ha faʻunga fakalao mālohi pea ʻoku paotoloaki mo poupouʻi ia ʻo fakafou ʻi he ʻulungaanga fakafonuá.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻEiki Maualaivao Pepe Seiuli, “ʻOku tokoni ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ke mahino ki he tokotaha kotoa pē ʻi he feituʻu kotoa pē ʻa e lahi mo e ʻuhinga ʻo e totonu ʻo e tangatá.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe ʻEiki Lōpeti J. Tolisi, “ʻOku tala hotau tuʻungá ʻi heʻetau mateakiʻi ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.”
Naʻe pehē ʻe Saafi, “Naʻe hāsino mei he pēnolo kotoa ʻa e faitatau ʻi he loloto ʻo e fakakaukau ki he faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá.”
Naʻe fakapaʻanga ʻa e konifelenisí ʻe he ʻUnivēsiti ʻo Pilikihami ʻIongi–Hauaʻí, Senitā Fakavahaʻapuleʻanga ki he Laó mo e Ako Fakalotú, ʻApiako Lao J. Reuben Clark, ʻUnivēsiti Pilihami ʻIongi, Polovó mo e Siasi ʻo Sīsū Kalaisi ʻo e Kau Māʻoniʻoni ʻi he Ngaahi ʻAho Kimui Ní.
ʻI he fakaʻosinga ʻo e konifelenisí, naʻe fakahaaʻi ʻe he niʻihi naʻe kau maí ʻenau loto ke fakamuʻomuʻa ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ʻi he kotoa ʻo e Pasifikí. Naʻa nau faʻu ha kōmiti ke fakakaukauʻi ʻa e ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ke fai ʻaki ha ngāue pea lava ke fakaʻaongaʻi ʻe he kau fakafofongá ke poupouʻi ʻa e niʻihi kehé ke nau ʻai ʻa e ngeia ʻo e faʻahinga ʻo e tangatá ko ha mālohi ke ngāue fakataha ai ke fai ha lelei ʻi he vāhengá.