IBuckingham Palace “kufanele ivulele izivakashi okuningi

ILODDON - IBuckingham Palace kumele ivule iminyango yayo kubavakashi kaningi kanye nemali esetshenziselwe ukunakekela izakhiwo zasebukhosini eziwohlokayo, kusho inja yephalamende ngoLwesibili.

Indawo okuhlala kuyo iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth eLondon ivulekele ukukhokhela izivakashi cishe izinsuku ezingama-60 ehlobo kodwa ithi lokho kusazophazamisa imisebenzi esemthethweni.

Kepha i-watchdog iyaphikisana: uma iziNdlu zePhalamende eLondon kanye ne-White House eWashington zingahlala zivulekile isikhathi eside, kungani isigodlo singakwazi?

I-Royal Household yakhe uxhaso olusalele emuva lwe-32 million ($52 million) lwesondlo lwesakhiwo esibizwa nge-Occupied Royal Palaces Estate, okuhlanganisa i-Windsor Castle eNtshonalanga yeLondon, indawo yokuhlala yeNkosana uCharles Clarence House kanye neSigodlo sase-Holyrood e-Edinburgh.

Kodwa ithola ngaphansi kwengxenye yaleyo mali ngonyaka ngoxhaso lukahulumeni kuMnyango Wezamasiko, Abezindaba Nezemidlalo, kusho iHouse of Commons Public Accounts Committee.

Uhlu lokulungisa luhlanganisa indawo angcwatshwe kuyo iNdlovukazi uVictoria kanye nomyeni wakhe uPrince Albert eFrogmore House, eduze kwaseWindsor Castle, lapho kudingeka khona ngokushesha umsebenzi ongamaphawundi ayizigidi ezi-3.

I-mausoleum yabo, eyaqedwa ngo-1871, isineminyaka engu-14 ilindele ukuvuselelwa futhi ibhalwe ohlwini lwezakhiwo ezisengozini ye-English Heritage, kodwa ukuntuleka kwezimali kusho ukuthi azikho izinhlelo zokuthi ziqale ukulungiswa.

Ukwamukelwa kukhuphuke ngophawundi abayizigidi ezingu-7.2 onyakeni wezimali odlule, okubonisa amathuba emali engenayo eyengeziwe.

Ikomidi licele ukwamukelwa okwengeziwe futhi lachitha izikhalazo zokuthi izinsuku zokuvula zincishwe isikhathi esisetshenziswa isigodlo ngezikhathi zombuso nezobukhosi, kanti indlovukazi yahlala izinsuku eziyi-111 ngo-2008.

"Ezinye izakhiwo ezifana ne-White House kanye neziNdlu zePhalamende ziyakwazi ukuvulwa isikhathi esiningi sonyaka, naphezu kwezibopho ezifanayo kanye nokukhathazeka kwezokuphepha," kusho ikomidi.

Icele ukuthi imali eqoqwe isetshenziswe ngqo ekulungisweni.

Njengamanje, yingxenyana kuphela yemali yokwamukelwa - eyafinyelela kumakhilogremu ayizigidi ezingama-27 ngonyaka owedlule kuzo zonke izigodlo ezihlala abantu - okwabelwana ngayo neNdlunkulu.

Ngaphansi kwelungiselelo elisukela ku-1850, imali engenayo evela kubavakashi besigodlo esikhundleni salokho iya eRoyal Collection Trust, inhlangano esiza abantulayo eholwa yiNkosana uCharles ebheka imisebenzi yobuciko ephethwe yindlovukazi.

“Lolu hlelo lokungalingani kufanele luxazululwe nguMnyango (waMasiko),” kusho usihlalo wekomiti u-Edward Leigh.

“Ungacabanga ukuthi imali engenayo etholakala ngemali yokungena ingasetshenziselwa ukugcwalisa izinsiza ezikhona ukuze zinakekele lezi zakhiwo,” engeza.