Imboni yamaholide e-UK izwakalise ukukhathazeka ngemuva koshintsho kwikhabhinethi yaleli sonto - okuholele ekwesabeni kokuthi ezokuvakasha ziyehlise uhlelo lukahulumeni.
Ukushintsha onogada ngoLwesibili eWhitehall kubone uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha - iLungu lePhalamende leConservative uJohn Penrose - esula esikhundleni sakhe. Kodwa kuze kube manje, akukamenyezelwa ukuthi kungene omunye esikhundleni - phakathi kokukhathazeka ngokuthi indima ingase ingagcwaliswa nhlobo.
U-Luke Pollard, oyinhloko yezindaba zomphakathi wenhlangano yezokuvakasha i-ABTA, uthi i-UK isengozini yokumosha umthelela omuhle ongase ube khona wama-Olympics uma kungabekwa uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha ngokugcwele.
'Imboni yezokuvakasha ibize uNgqongqoshe ozobheka isu elisebenzayo lezokuvakasha, futhi sigqugquzelwe ukubona inqubekelaphambili kule ndawo,' ephawula.
'Silinde isiqiniseko kuhulumeni sokuthi ihhovisi lezokuvakasha lizohlala kuphi.
'Uhulumeni uthe ezokuvakasha ziwumgogodla wokukhula komnotho,' kuqhuba yena.
'Kubalulekile ukuthi sibe nobuholi obucacile obukhona ngesikhathi lapho ifa lezokuvakasha elivela kuma-Olympics lidinga ukuvikelwa kanye neqhaza lezokuvakasha eziphuma emazweni angaphandle, ezingena ngaphakathi nezasekhaya kusadingeka liqondwe kahle.
'Sizofuna umhlangano kusenesikhathi noNobhala Wezwe omusha, u-Maria Miller, ukuze siqonde ukucabanga kukaHulumeni.'
UMaria Miller ube nguNobhala omusha Wezamasiko, Abezindaba Nezemidlalo ngoLwesibili, engena esikhundleni sikaJeremy Hunt, owaba nguNobhala Wezwe Wezempilo.
Njengoba kungamenyezelwa ozongena esikhundleni sikaMnu uPenrose, indima kaNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha, okwamanje, isigxile emisebenzini ebanzi yoMnyango Wezamasiko, Abezindaba Nezemidlalo (DCMS).
Okhulumela i-DCMS uthe kulindeleke ukuthi umbiko wezokuvakasha uhlale eMnyangweni.
I-British Hospitality Association izichaze 'njengedumele kakhulu' ngalesi sinyathelo.
'[UJohn Penrose] ubengumsekeli omkhulu wemboni yezokuvakasha,' sifundeka isitatimende.
'Singakhathazeka kakhulu uma lokhu kukhombisa noma yikuphi ukwehliswa kwezinga lezokuvakasha ohlwini lwezinto ezibalulekile ze-DCMS.'
UMnu uPenrose ukhulume kafushane ngokususwa kwencwadi yakhe yongqongqoshe, etshela isifunda sakhe, iWeston-super-Mare, ukuthi 'uyaziqhenya ngomsebenzi engiwenzile njengengxenye yethimba le-DCMS, ukukhulisa imboni yezokuvakasha, ukunqamula ama-red tape kanye ukusiza ngama-Olympics aphumelele kakhulu.'
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- U-Luke Pollard, oyinhloko yezindaba zomphakathi wenhlangano yezokuvakasha i-ABTA, uthi i-UK isengozini yokumosha umthelela omuhle ongase ube khona wama-Olympics uma kungabekwa uNgqongqoshe wezokuVakasha ngokugcwele.
- 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 ukuthi sibe nobuholi obucacile obukhona ngesikhathi lapho ifa lezokuvakasha elivela kuma-Olympics lidinga ukuvikelwa kanye neqhaza lezokuvakasha eziphuma emazweni angaphandle, ezingena ngaphakathi nezasekhaya kusadingeka liqondwe kahle.
