Ishishini leeholide e-UK livakalise ukuxhalaba emva kohlengahlengiso lwekhabhinethi yale veki – ekhokelele kuloyiko lokuba ezokhenketho ziphose phantsi i-ajenda karhulumente.
NgoLwesibini ukutshintshwa konogada eWhitehall kubone uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho – iLungu lePalamente eligcina uBugcisa uJohn Penrose – erhoxa kwisikhundla sakhe. Kodwa okwangoku, akukabhengezwa mntu endaweni yakhe – phakathi kwamaxhala okuba indima ayizaliswa kwaphela.
U-Luke Pollard, intloko yemicimbi yoluntu kumbutho wezokhenketho i-ABTA, uthi i-UK isengozini yokuchitha impembelelo enokubakho ye-Olimpiki ukuba uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho osisigxina akafakwanga.
'Ishishini lezokhenketho libize uMphathiswa ukuze abeke iliso kwisicwangciso esisebenzayo sokhenketho, kwaye siye sakhuthazwa ukubona inkqubela kulo mmandla,' uhlomle.
'Silindele isiqinisekiso esivela kurhulumente sokuba icandelo lezokhenketho liza kuhlala phi ngoku.
'Urhulumente uthe ukhenketho yeyona nto iphambili ekukhuleni koqoqosho,' uqhube watsho.
'Kubalulekile ukuba sibe nobunkokeli obucacileyo ngexesha apho ilifa lezokhenketho elivela kwi-Olimpiki kufuneka likhuselwe kwaye igalelo elivela kukhenketho oluphuma ngaphandle, olungenayo kunye nolwasekhaya lisafuna ukuqondwa ngokufanelekileyo.
'Siza kufuna intlanganiso yokuqala kunye noNobhala kaRhulumente omtsha, uMaria Miller, ukuqonda ukucinga kukaRhulumente.'
UMaria Miller waba nguNobhala omtsha kaRhulumente weNkcubeko, iMedia kunye neMidlalo ngoLwesibini, esikhundleni sikaJeremy Hunt, owaba nguNobhala kaRhulumente wezeMpilo.
Ngaphandle kokuba kubhengezwe umntu oza kungena endaweni kaMnu. Penrose, indima yoMphathiswa wezoKhenketho, okwangoku, ifakwe kuxanduva olubanzi lweSebe leNkcubeko, iMedia neMidlalo (DCMS).
Isithethi se-DCMS sithe ingcaciso yezokhenketho kulindeleke ukuba ihlale ngaphakathi kwisebe.
IBritish Hospitality Association izichaze 'njengephoxeke kakhulu' sesi senzo.
'[UJohn Penrose] wayengumxhasi omkhulu kushishino lwezokhenketho,' sifunde ingxelo.
'Singaxhalaba kakhulu ukuba oku kubonisa nakuphi na ukuthotywa kokhenketho kuluhlu lwezinto eziphambili ze-DCMS.'
Umnumzana uPenrose uthethe ngokufutshane malunga nokushenxiswa kwencwadi yakhe yabaphathiswa, exelela ingingqi yakhe, iWeston-super-Mare, ukuba 'uyazingca kakhulu ngomsebenzi endiwenzileyo njengenxalenye yeqela le-DCMS, ukukhulisa ushishino lwezokhenketho, ukusika iiteyiphu ezibomvu kunye. ukuncedisa kwiiOlimpiki eziyimpumelelo.'
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- U-Luke Pollard, intloko yemicimbi yoluntu kumbutho wezokhenketho i-ABTA, uthi i-UK isengozini yokuchitha impembelelo enokubakho ye-Olimpiki ukuba uMphathiswa wezoKhenketho osisigxina akafakwanga.
- Mr Penrose has spoken briefly about the removal of his ministerial brief, telling his constituency, Weston-super-Mare, that he is ‘very proud of the work I did as part of the DCMS team, boosting the tourism industry, cutting red tape and helping with a highly successful Olympics.
- 'Kubalulekile ukuba sibe nobunkokeli obucacileyo ngexesha apho ilifa lezokhenketho elivela kwi-Olimpiki kufuneka likhuselwe kwaye igalelo elivela kukhenketho oluphuma ngaphandle, olungenayo kunye nolwasekhaya lisafuna ukuqondwa ngokufanelekileyo.
