UMengameli waseMelika u-Barack Obama uthe iBrithani izoya “ngemuva kolayini” ukuze kuhwebene ne-US uma ivotela ukushiya i-European Union.
Uthe iBrithani yayisezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu lapho “isiza ukuhola” i-EU eqinile futhi ubulungu buyenza yaba “umdlali omkhulu” emhlabeni.
Ubekhuluma ekuqaleni kokuvakasha kwezinsuku ezintathu e-UK.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi labo abazosala becosha izingcezu ngemuva kokuthi u-Obama ehambile bazokhungatheka kancane mayelana nokuphawula kwakhe ngoba akuvezi inqubomgomo yezohwebo yaseMelika futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi ngeke baveze inqubomgomo yezohwebo yase-US yesikhathi esizayo. Owayenakho lapha kwakungumongameli waseMelika oyisishosha othanda umngane wakudala waseBrithani.
Ekhuluma esithangamini sabezindaba esihlanganyelwe noMnu Obama, uNdunankulu uDavid Cameron uthe ukuba yilungu le-EU kuqinisa “ubudlelwano obukhethekile” beBrithani.
Kunhlolovo ezayo yase-UK mayelana nobulungu bayo be-EU, uthe: "Lokhu ukukhetha kwethu - akekho omunye - ukukhetha okuzimele kwabantu baseBrithani - kodwa njengoba senza lokho kukhetha, kunengqondo ukulalela lokho abangani bethu abakucabangayo."
UMnu Obama uthe: “I-UK isezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu uma isiza ukuhola i-European Union eqinile. Isebenzisa amandla e-UK ukuba yingxenye ye-EU. Angicabangi ukuthi i-EU ilinganisa ithonya laseBrithani emhlabeni, iyalikhulisa.
Mayelana nokuthi kufanele yini angenelele kunhlolovo yase-UK, uthe: “Ake ngicacise: ekugcineni lena yinto abavoti baseBrithani okufanele bazinqumele yona.
“Njengengxenye yobudlelwano bethu obukhethekile, ingxenye yokuba abangani iwukwethembeka futhi ukunazisa engikucabangayo, futhi ukukhuluma ngokwethembeka, umphumela waleso sinqumo uyindaba enentshisekelo enkulu e-US, ngoba ithinta ukuchuma kwethu njengoba kuhle.”
Ukungenelela kukaMnu Obama engxoxweni yereferendamu ye-EU kugxekwe “njengokuzenzisa” yiMeya yaseLondon kanye nomkhankaseli wekhefu le-EU u-Boris Johnson, kanye nomholi we-UKIP uNigel Farage wathi ungumongameli wase-US owake waphikisana kakhulu neBrithani.
UMnu Johnson uthe nakuba “engumlandeli omkhulu” kaMnu Obama, ukuhlala e-EU “ngokusobala yinto esingavumelani ngayo”.
Imeya yaseLondon ibilokhu igxekwa ngokuphawula kwayo ngozalo lukaMnu u-Obama “odabuka eKenya” esihlokweni seSolezwe, ephakamisa ukuthi abanye abantu babecabanga ukuthi “wayengawuthandi uMbuso WaseBrithani”.
UMnu Johnson ugqamise indlela uWinston Churchill asuswe ngayo eHhovisi le-Oval ngemuva kokuba umongameli.
Umongameli wase-US usiphendule isiphakamiso sokuthi wayengamthandi umholi waseBrithani ngesikhathi sempi, wathi uqhume eChurchill ngaphandle kwe-Treaty Room - ihhovisi lakhe elizimele esitezi sesibili sendlu yakhe esemthethweni.
“Ikhona ngokuthanda kwami ngoba ngingenza noma yini esitezi sesibili. Ngiyamthanda umfana,” kusho yena.
Akazange abhekisele kuMnu Johnson ngegama, kodwa wengeza wathi: “Lokho kuWinston Churchill nje. Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu kufanele bakwazi lokho, bazi ukucabanga kwami lapho. ”
Umholi we-UKIP uNigel Farage phambilini utshele i-BBC News ukuthi wayecabanga ukuthi umbono kaMnu Obama nge-UK uthonywe isipiliyoni sikamkhulu wakhe waseKenya eBrithani yamakoloni futhi waphakamisa ukuthi ayizondelele iBrithani.
