IPalamente yaseYurophu sele iza kuthi ewe kukhenketho nakwezokhenketho, kwaye emva konyulo lwanamhlanje, iindlela ezintsha zinokucwangciswa kwimigaqo-nkqubo yezokhenketho yaseYurophu. Imivalo yokhenketho kunokwenzeka ukuba inyuswe kunye no-Elena Kountoura ekulindeleke ukuba angene kwezopolitiko zase-Yuropu.
NgoMeyi 8 eTurboNews uxele ngotyelelo oluthandwayo lwamaGrike Umphathiswa u-Elena Kountoura Wayengenise ileta yakhe yokushiya kwi-Nkulumbuso u-Alexis Tsipra. Uyekile ukuba aphumelele isihlalo kwiPalamente yaseYurophu, kwaye kubonakala ngathi uphumelele.
U-Elena Kountoura, owazalwa ngo-1962, kwaye owayesakuba ngumfuziselo wamazwe aphesheya wabalekela iPalamente yaseYurophu AmaGrike azimeleyo iqela.
Namhlanje iYurophu ivotele ipalamente entsha kwaye ngokweziphumo zokuqala iqela elizimeleyo lamaGrike laphulukana nesininzi njengeqela elilawulayo laseGrisi kwaye liza kuba lilungu lesibini xa lingena kwiPalamente ye-EU. Ngokwemithombo, isiGrike esizimeleyo kusalindeleke ukuba sibe nabathunywa aba-5 eBrussels kwaye u-Elena Kountoura ungowesibini kuluhlu.
Oku kuthetha ntoni kukhenketho eYurophu? U-Elena Kountoura wabonwa njengomnye wabaphathiswa bezokhenketho abakhutheleyo, abathetha phandle nabafikelelekayo emhlabeni. Ukungafihli nto, ukubonakala kwakhe emhlabeni nakwimithombo yeendaba zehlabathi, kwaye umbono wakhe wamenza waba ngomnye wabaphathiswa abathandwayo nabahlonelwayo.
Usebenze ngokusondeleyo noMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaica u-Ed Bartlett, owayesanda kunyulwa njengosihlalo we UNWTO IKhomishini yeNgingqi yaseMelika, kunye neyangaphambili UNWTO Unobhala-Jikelele uTaleb Rifai kunye nowayesakuba ngumongameli waseMalta Marie-Louise Coleiro Ukulungiselela ekuqalisweni kwe iziko lokomelela kwezokhenketho kwihlabathi.
U-Elena Kountoura naye uye waxhasa inyathelo lehlabathi jikelele loKhenketho kunye nokuNcitshiswa kweNtlupheko eyaziwa ngokuba yi-ST-EP. I-ST- EP yafakwa kwindawo yangaphambili UNWTO UNobhala-Jikelele uFrancesco Frangialli ngo-2002 eMzantsi Afrika. Iindlela ezisixhenxe ze-ST-EP zibandakanya nokuqeshwa kwabo bahluphekayo kumashishini okhenketho. Eli nyathelo liphantsi kobunkokheli base-Korea yase-Korea u-Dho Young-shim, kwaye wanconywa ngu-Ban Ki-moon, owayengu-Nobhala-Jikelele weZizwe eziManyeneyo.
"Ndizakuqhubeka nokusebenza ngothakazelelo olufanayo nolo ndenze ngalo ukwenza iGrisi ukuba yintshatsheli kwezokhenketho… ukuze iGrisi ibe yintshatsheli eYurophu," utshilo owayesakuba ngumphathiswa wezokhenketho. Uxelele uNeo Magazine ngo-2015 ngelaxesha liphelileyo: "I-Greece ayikaze ibe nesondo ngakumbi: Ingxelo eyandayo kukhenketho lwase-Greek kuseza okuninzi." Wayechanekileyo: iGrisi yatsala ngaphezu kweendwendwe ezingama-33 yezigidi ngo-2018, i-30.1 yezigidi zeendwendwe ngo-2017 kunye ne-26.5 yezigidi ngo-2015 ]Ukwenza iGrisi lelinye lawona mazwe atyelelweyo eYurophu nakwilizwe liphela, kwaye inegalelo malunga neepesenti ezingama-25 kwimveliso yekhaya iyonke.
Phantsi kobunkokheli bakhe, iGrisi yathimba eyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yokuFikela-uLonwabo, ngelixa uKountoura ngokwakhe wawongwa njengo-Mphathiswa wezoKhenketho oBalaseleyo kwihlabathi liphela kwaye wafumana imbasa ye-Woman Achiever kwi-Institute of South Asia Women (ISAW) ngegalelo lakhe kukhathalelo lwabasetyhini kunye abantwana.
UKountoura wanikwa imbasa liZiko leZizwe ngezizwe loXolo ngezoKhenketho (IIPT) -Ukumbhiyozela ngesicwangciso esiphumeleleyo seGrisi sokuphuhlisa ukhenketho.
Umbono wakhe awuzange unconywe kuphela kumabhaso okhenketho kodwa kwihlabathi liphela. Unozakuzaku woMzantsi Afrika eGrisi UMarthinus van Schalkwyk wancoma iKounatoura ngoFebruwari ngokuphucula ukukhulisa ishishini lezokhenketho laseGrisi. Ebhekisa kubume bezomthetho ngulowo wayesakuba ngumphathiswa “njengovulindlela kwinqanaba lehlabathi”, uMmeli uvakalise umdla wakhe ekufumaneni ulwazi kwicala laseGrisi lokufundisa uMzantsi Afrika kwicandelo lezokhenketho.
"Iziphumo ezigqwesileyo ezifumaneke kukhenketho lwaseGrisi ziye zanegalelo kwindlela yelizwe yokukhula," utshilo ummeli waseMzantsi Afrika.
Ukushwankathela u-Elena Kountoura kulindeleke ukuba abe sisetterterter kwimigaqo-nkqubo ye-EU yokhenketho yexesha elizayo kwaye uyayiqonda indima edlalwa ngumzi-mveliso wokhenketho nokhenketho kuxolo nokuchuma kwezoqoqosho.
IYurophu kunye nehlabathi lilindile ngokuhlwanje ngesityholo ekudala silindelwe sokhenketho kwiPalamente yaseYurophu.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Referring to the legal framework by the former minister as “pioneering on a global level”, the ambassador expressed an interest in receiving know-how from the Greek side to educate South Africa in the field of thematic tourism.
- “Ndiza kuqhubeka nokusebenza ngentshiseko efanayo njengoko ndenzayo ukwenza iGrisi ibe yintshatsheli yehlabathi kukhenketho… ukuze ndenze iGrisi ibe yintshatsheli eYurophu,” utshilo owayesakuba nguMphathiswa wezoKhenketho.
- Ukushwankathela u-Elena Kountoura kulindeleke ukuba abe sisetterterter kwimigaqo-nkqubo ye-EU yokhenketho yexesha elizayo kwaye uyayiqonda indima edlalwa ngumzi-mveliso wokhenketho nokhenketho kuxolo nokuchuma kwezoqoqosho.
