Shugabannin Amurka na yanzu da na baya sun taru a babban coci na Washington National Cathedral a ranar Alhamis don bikin jana’izar tsohon shugaban Amurka Jimmy Carter, wanda ya rasu yana da shekaru 100 a makon da ya gabata. Shugaba Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, da Bill Clinton sun zauna tare a shirye-shiryen farko na coci.
Mataimakin shugaban kasa Kamala Harris, wacce ta sha kaye a zaben shugaban kasa a hannun Trump a watan Nuwamba, da kuma tsoffin mataimakan shugaban kasa Mike Pence da Al Gore sun kasance cikin jerin manyan jiga-jigan siyasa da jama’a da suka halarci bikin don girmama Carter. Tsohuwar sakatariyar harkokin wajen Amurka Hillary Clinton, wacce ta sha kaye a zaben shugaban kasa na 2016 a hannun Trump, ita ma ta kasance tare da mijinta.
A cikin jawabinsa, Joe Biden ya yaba wa Carter da yawa kan “halayensa” kuma ya yaba da kafa “misali na bayan shugabancin sa, ta hanyar yin tasiri mai karfi a matsayin dan kasa mai zaman kansa a Amurka.” Biden ya ce, “Don yin kowane minti na lokacinmu a duniya ya zama mai muhimmanci, wannan shine ainihin ma’anar rayuwa mai kyau,” yana karfafa mutane su yi nazari kan tasirin misalin Carter.
Biden ya kuma tuna yadda shi ne dan majalisa na farko da ya goyi bayan takarar Carter a zaben shugaban kasa. Masu daukar hoto sun dauki hoton Trump da Obama – wadanda suka yi rikici a siyasance tsawon shekaru da yawa – suna murmushi suna hira kafin bikin ya fara.
Mataimakin shugaban kasa JD Vance shi ma ya halarci bikin, tare da ‘yan majalisa kamar Raphael Warnock da Jon Ossoff na jam’iyyar Democrat ta Georgia da kuma dan majalisa mai zaman kansa Bernie Sanders na Vermont. Bikin ya kuma samu halartar wasu shugabannin duniya na yanzu da na baya da manyan jami’an kasa da kasa, ciki har da shugaban Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, gimbiya Mabel na Orange-Nassau na Netherlands, da babban sakataren majalisar dinkin duniya Antonio Guterres.
Daga cikin jawabai da aka gabatar, Steve Ford, dan tsohon shugaban Amurka Gerald Ford, ya karanta jawabin jana’izar da mahaifinsa ya rubuta game da Carter. Ford da Carter sun yi yarjejeniya cewa za su yi jawabi a jana’izar juna – wanda Carter ya cika lokacin da Ford ya rasu a shekarar 2007.
