Shugaba Joe Biden ya fada jiya Alhamis cewa zai nada wata bakar fata a kotun kolin Amurka a karon farko a tarihi, inda zai cike gurbin da mai shari’a Stephen Breyer mai ritaya ya bari.
“Ban yanke shawara ba face wanda zan zaba shine wanda ke da cancantar, halaye, gogewa, da mutunci,” in ji Biden a wani jawabi daga Fadar White House.
“Kuma wannan mutumin zai kasance Bakar fata ta farko da aka taba zaba a Kotun Koli ta Amurka.”
Biden, wanda ke magana a wani filin wasa tare da Breyer, ya kuma nuna cewa zai nemi tsarin tsayawa takara cikin gaggawa, yana mai alkawarin bayyana dan takararsa a karshen watan Fabrairu.
Ficewar Breyer, wanda ke da shekaru 83, yana ba Biden damar da za ta iya ba da damar nada wanda zai maye gurbin kujerar na tsawon rai a Kotun Koli yayin da Jam’iyyarsa ta Democrat ke rike da Majalisar Dattawa.
A halin yanzu kotun kolin ta rabu tsakanin masu ra’ayin mazan jiya shida da masu sassaucin ra’ayi uku. Biden yanzu zai iya nada wani masanin shari’a mai sassaucin ra’ayi ga kotu, tare da kiyaye daidaito.
Breyer ya kasance yana fuskantar matsin lamba daga masu sassaucin ra’ayi da ya bar kan lokaci don Biden ya sami wanda zai zaba ta majalisar dattawa kafin zaben tsakiyar wa’adi na Nuwamba lokacin da ‘yan Republican ke da karfi wajen cin nasara a majalisar wakilai sannan kuma za su sarrafa tsarin amincewa.
A matsayinsa na shugaban kasa, Donald Trump ya sami damar da ba kasafai ba na sanya kasa da sabbin alkalai uku a kotun, wanda ke canza ra’ayinsa na siyasa na shekaru masu zuwa.
Zaɓin Biden guda ɗaya ya zuwa yanzu ba zai sami kusancin wannan tasirin ba. Duk da haka, jam’iyyar Democrat za ta yi farin ciki da nasarar tabbatar da tsarin tabbatarwa, wanda zai ba da kwarin gwiwa da ake bukata ga jam’iyyarsa gabanin tsakiyar wa’adi.
A matsayin tunatarwa kai tsaye game da tashe-tashen hankulan da tabbatar da Kotun Koli sau da yawa ke haifarwa, babban Sanatan Republican Mitch McConnell ya gargadi Biden “ka da ya ba da wannan muhimmiyar shawarar ga bangaren hagu.”
“Har zuwa matakin da Shugaba Biden ya karɓi umarni, shi ne yin mulki daga tsakiya,” in ji McConnell.
A cikin wasikar murabus din nasa, wanda aka buga a ranar Alhamis, Breyer ya jaddada shirin da aka tsara don tabbatar da cewa magajin ya tafi tare da karamin tashin hankali, yana mai tabbatar da cewa zai ci gaba da zama a kotu ta hanyar cikar wa’adin na yanzu – amma ba kafin a shirya maye gurbinsa ba.
“Ina nufin wannan shawarar ta fara aiki lokacin da kotu ta tashi don hutun bazara a wannan shekara (yawanci a karshen watan Yuni ko farkon Yuli) da tunanin cewa a lokacin an zabi wanda zai gaje ni kuma an tabbatar da shi,” ya rubuta.