E-PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Abaholi ababili baseCaribbean bacele ukuthi kwakhiwe inkampani yezindiza eyodwa yesifunda njengoba bethi bayazi ukuthi kusenesidingo sesivumelwano sokuthutha ngendiza yesifunda "esidinga ukusihlanganisa".
UNdunankulu waseTrinidad and Tobago uPatrick Manning kanye nozakwabo waseSt Vincent naseGrenadines, uDkt Ralph Gonsalves wenze lolu cingo ekupheleni kohambo olusemthethweni lwezinsuku ezimbili lukaGonsalves olwagqamisa ubudlelwano obuseduze phakathi kwamazwe amabili aseningizimu yeCaribbean.
UManning utshele izintatheli ukuthi umhlangano weCouncil of Trade and Economic Development (COTED) eSt Vincent ngonyaka odlule uphawule iqiniso "ukuthi asikho isivumelwano sezindiza phakathi kwezindawo zaseCaribbean futhi baxoxile ngesimo senqubomgomo ngalolu daba".
Kodwa uthe ngenxa yokushoda kwekhoramu umhlangano awuzange umiswe ngendlela efanele njengenhlangano yoMphakathi waseCaribbean (CARICOM) futhi, ngalokho, uthathwe njengobonisana.
“Kodwa iqhubekisele phambili kakhulu imbangela yokusungulwa kwenqubomgomo efanele yezokuthutha emoyeni zesifunda. Okuhlongozwayo manje ukuthi i-COTED (isikhungo sesibili esiphezulu esithatha izinqumo se-CARICOM) okumele kwenziwe ngaphansi kwayo lokhu, kufanele iphinde ihlangane maduze ukuze sikwazi ukuqedela ukuhlonzwa kwesikhundla senqubomgomo esifanele”.
UGonsalves, ongumholi wesifunda wesibili ngemuva kokuthi uzakwabo waseBarbados uDavid Thompson evakashele lapha ezikhathini zamuva nje, uthe isivumelwano sekufinyelelwe kuso ngokusebenzisana okukhulu kwezemfundo nempilo.
Mayelana nesidingo sendiza yesifunda eyodwa, uGonsalves utshele izintatheli ukuthi yena noManning "babendawonye" njengoba abuza ukuthi "sizokwenza kanjani lokho".
Uthe kuzoncika esivumelwaneni sokuthutha emoyeni sesifunda “kanye nokuthola zonke izindlela ezikhona”.
UGonsalves uthe isinqumo esinamasu sase senziwe kakade ngesinqumo samazwe amathathu aseCaribbean - iBarbados, i-Antigua neBarbuda kanye ne-St Vincent namaGrenadines - ukuthenga impahla yenkampani yangaphambili yesifunda i-Caribbean Star, ekuthuthukiseni umbono wesifunda esisodwa. umthwali.
UGonsalves uvumile ukuthi ngemva kokuthenga, inkampani yezindiza yesifunda i-LIAT ibibhekene nezinkinga, okuhlanganisa nezindaba zendiza nezokuphatha, kodwa wengeza ngokuthi “sisebenzela ukubhekana nalezi”.
Uthe kuzoba yingozi emqondweni wendiza yesifunda eyodwa, uma i-Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) ivunyelwa ukusebenza ngokuncintisana ne-LIAT emizileni efanayo.
"Cabanga nje, uma iCaribbean Airlines iqala ukusebenzisa iDash 8 kuzo zonke iziqhingi. ungabona umqhudelwano olawulwayo ozoqalwa futhi," esho, ekhumbula ukuthi iSt Lucia yake yakhononda isevisi ehlinzekwe yi-LIAT futhi yenze isivumelwano ne-American Eagle ezinze e-US sokuhlinzeka umzila we-Barbados-St Lucia.
“Asikho isiminyaminya esanele kuzo zombili i-LIAT ne-American Eagle, imali yokugibela inyuke cishe ngamaRandi angu-200, futhi njengoba yayiphezulu imali yokugibela ye-LIAT, inyuke kakhulu oKhozini kwase kuthi ekugcineni uKhozi lumise ukusebenza,” uGonsalves. kusho.
“Akekho umuntu wangaphandle osikweletayo kulesi sifunda futhi bangabasebenzi bezohwebo, bazokhipha umaskandi ngaphansi kwakho ngaso leso sikhathi.
“Ungaba nomphakathi waseCaribbean ngaphandle kokuthi ukhulume ngendlela efanele futhi indlela eyinhloko yokuxhumana ezokuthutha? Manje asikwazi ukumisa i-CAL ekusebenziseni amasevisi e-Dash 8, ngenxa yokuthi amalungiselelo esikhungo kanye nezimiso zokulawula zokwenza amashejuli nezinkokhelo awekho.
“Zikhona izinhlelo eziphusile zokuphepha kodwa kungani i-CAL ne-LIAT kumele babambe iqhaza empini yalesi sifunda. Kunengqondo ngathi ukubambisana.
“Awukwazi ukumisa ukuncintisana esibhakabhakeni, kodwa ukuncintisana okungenangqondo futhi okuzolimaza wonke umuntu akwenzi mqondo nhlobo futhi lapho ungenazo izinhlaka zokulawula nezikhungo zokubhekana nokuncintisana, esikhathini eside. uzoqhubeka nokushoda kwezokuhamba ngendiza futhi mina nawe sizokubhebha,” kusho yena.
UManning uthe mayelana nokuba khona kwe-CAL ukuthi ibambe iqhaza ebhizinisini elisha, ubekhumbuza isifunda ukuthi “yinkampani entsha, ayinaso isikweletu, isetshenziswa ngendlela efanele, iphathwa ngendlela futhi iyatholakala ukuhlinzeka ngakho konke. izinsiza zokuthutha ngendiza eCaribbean”.
Ukhumbule ukuthi i-CAL, eyangena esikhundleni se-BWIA ekhungethwe yizinkinga zezimali, iqale ukulandela izingxoxo nabaholi bezifunda okubalwa iBarbados neSt.
Vincent kanye neGrenadines "eminyakeni embalwa edlule".
"Ngakho-ke manje sifuna ukuqhubekisela phambili leso sizathu futhi sibeke isivumelwano esifanelekile sesevisi yezindiza okuyisidingo sangaphambi kwezinhlelo zokuthutha ezifanele eCaribbean," wanezela.
UManning uthe izifundazwe eziningi zaseCaribbean nazo zithola izinto zokuhamba ezifanele ngaphandle kwesifunda, kanti izindiza zihlinzekwa yizindiza zamazwe ngamazwe ngezindleko eziya kohulumeni.
Phela, i-Caribbean Airline iqhutshwa ngokwezentengiselwano ngaphandle kokuthatha izinqumo zezombusazwe ezihlobene nokuphathwa kwezindaba zayo zomnotho.
Uthe uma uhulumeni wakhe ufuna inkampani yezindiza inikeze usizo olubona njengolungenawo umnotho, "uhulumeni waseTrinidad naseTobago kuzofanele ukhokhe i-CAL futhi ngokufanayo uma noma yimuphi uhulumeni esifundeni angathanda ukuthi i-CAL isebenzise noma yimuphi umzila endleleni yayo. egameni kufanele ihlinzeke, isisekele ngokwezimali njengoba senza ngeBritish Izindiza kanye nanoma iyiphi enye inkampani yezindiza yamazwe ngamazwe”.
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