I-ATHENS: IKhomishini YaseYurophu ngoLwesithathu ivume isiphakamiso sikahulumeni waseGreece sokuthi kuvalwe futhi kudayiswe i-Olympic Airlines, futhi iyalele inkampani ethwala izikweletu ukuthi ibuyisele ama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-850 ngosizo lukahulumeni olungekho emthethweni.
Ikhomishana, uphiko olulawulayo lwe-European Union, yathatha isinyathelo ngemva kokubuyekeza uhlelo lokuhlela kabusha i-Olympic Airlines ngokudlulisela impahla yayo enkampanini entsha ebizwa nge-Pantheon.
"Ngiyethemba kakhulu ukuthi ngokugunyazwa kwekhomishana yanamuhla yohlelo lwangasese, sithumela umyalezo wokuthi sifuna ikhefu eliqondile nesikhathi esedlule," kusho ukhomishana wezokuthutha we-EU, u-Antonio Tajani.
Uthe i-EU icela abakwa-Olympic Airlines "ukuba babuyisele imali abayitholile ngosizo lukahulumeni kuhulumeni, ngoba lelo nani silibona lingahambisani nomthetho waseYurophu."
I-Olympic engenanzuzo, eyasungulwa ngo-1957 yisikhulu sezokuthutha u-Aristotle Onassis, izamile futhi yehluleka izikhathi ezinhlanu kusukela ngo-2001 ukwenza okuyimfihlo.
Uhulumeni wathenga i-Olympics ngo-1974 lapho u-Onassis ethutha eyeka ukulawula ngemva kokushona kwendodana yakhe, u-Alexander, engozini yendiza.
Phakathi neminyaka yawo-1980, ukungaphathi kahle kwafaka inkampani ezikweletini njengoba ohulumeni abalambele ivoti beqasha izinkulungwane zabasebenzi abasha.
Inkampani yezindiza inesikhathi kuze kube sekupheleni konyaka ukuthola umthengi. I-trustee ezimele yayizokwengamela ukuthengiswa ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi imithetho ye-EU ayiphulwa. Kepha bekungakacaci ukuthi ngabe izinhlelo zokuthengisa impahla yendiza, okuhlanganisa nokusingathwa kwezimpahla zayo kanye nezinsiza zokunakekela, zizofaka inani eliphelele le-Olympics elidingekayo ukuze libuyele esifundazweni saseGreece, elilingana ne- $ 1.2 billion.
Ngaphansi kwalolu hlelo, uhulumeni waseGreece uzosungula izinkampani ezintathu ezintsha zamagobolondo: iPantheon, ezonikezwa izindawo zokufikela kuma-Olympics, inkampani entsha ebambela phansi kanye nenkampani entsha yokulungisa izinto zobuchwepheshe, kubika iReuters.
Abaholi bezinyunyana kanye namalungu eqembu le-Olympic Airlines basabise ngokuphikisana nalokhu kwenziwa okuyimfihlo, befunga ukuthi bazogcina inkampani yezindiza kazwelonke ezandleni zamaGreki.
"Uhulumeni ubiza lolu hlelo lokuthengisa ezizimele ngesibani esiluhlaza," kusho uMarkos Kondylakis, umongameli wenyunyana yomakhenikha ye-Olympic Airways. “Kodwa kithina kuyilambu elibomvu, futhi sizimisele ukumisa lolu hlelo.”
Ungqongqoshe wezokuThutha eGreece, uSotiris Hadzigakis, uthe imisebenzi izovikeleka.
"Lolu hlelo luwukungenelela okukhulu kwesakhiwo kuhulumeni, futhi luxazulula ngendlela engcono kakhulu, udaba oseluphazamise umphakathi waseGreece kanye nohlelo lwezepolitiki iminyaka engaba ngu-30," kusho uHadzigakis.
I-Olympic Airlines inabasebenzi ababalelwa ku-4,500. Sekukonke, izinkampani zama-Olympic zinezisebenzi ezingaba ngu-8,000.
