Sokulemibiko ephumayo engabe ikhomba ukuba akusoze kwaba lombuthano omkhulu womkhosi wokugcotshwa ukuthatha intambo zombuso kweleMelika, kukaMnu. Joe Biden onqobe kukhetho lokudinga umongameli waleli lizwe oluqhutshwe ekuqaliseni kwenyanga edluleyo kaLwezi.
Lumkhosi omele wenzelwe eWashington Mall, mhlaka 20 Zibandlela ubikwa ulakho ukwenziwa ngenxa yokumemetheka komkhuhlane weCovid 19 okwethusayo elizweni leli, liyilo njalo elikhokhelayo okwamanje emhlabeni jikelele ngokuba lenani eliphezulu labantu abatholakala belegcikwane leli kanye lababulawa yilo.
Lumkhosi ubikwa usuhlelwa ukuba wenziwe ebulenjini okubizwa ngokuthi yiVirtual Inauguration, lapho uBiden azafungiswa ukuba nguMongameli wesimatshumi mane lasithupha, phambi kwabahlonitshwa abaluntshwane emasango awe dale lephalamende yeMelika eleCongress.
Eqeda ukufungiswa ubikwa ekhangelelwe ukuhamba ngenyawo ngomgqawo uPennsylvania Avenue eqonde esigodlweni sikamongameli eseWhite House.
Amalungiselelo alumkhosi lanxa uzaba ngomcane aseqalile edolobheni le Washington DC.
UMongameli Donald Trump okhona embusweni okwamanje lokhe engekemukeli ukuthi unqotshiwe kukhetho olwenziwe ngenyanga edluleyo kaLwezi, esithi wantshontshelwa amavoti njalo waqilwa ngabebandla lamaDemocrats ukuze uBiden anqobe, ngakhoke usehle watsho ukuba akasoze abe khona emkhosini wokugcotshwa kukaBiden, okungumkhuba waseMelika wokudedelana kulesi sikhundla.
U-Trump ubikwa ezakuba lowakhe umhlangano omkhulu ngalanga linye, uBiden egcotshwa, ngenhloso yokulungiselela ukusungula umkhankaso wakhe wokuncintisa kukhetho lomnyaka ka2024.
Kunjalo nje, uBiden ukhangelelwe ukukhetha uRetired General Lloyd Austin ukuthi abe ngonsundu wakuqala ukuthatha isikhundla sokuba ngumpathintambo obona ngezomvikela welizwe.