IMakedoniya ivumile ukushintsha igama layo ibe yiNyakatho yeMakedoniya ukuze kuqedwe ukugqagqana kweminyaka engamashumi eminyaka neGrisi, okuthe phakathi kokunye kwavimbela i-republic yaseYugoslavia ukuba ijoyine i-EU neNATO.
"IMakedoniya izobizwa ngeRiphabhuliki yaseNyakatho yeMakedoniya [Severna Makedonija]," kusho uZoran Zaev, undunankulu wezwe, ngoLwesibili. Leli gama elisha lizosetshenziswa ngaphakathi nangaphandle, iMacedonia yenza izichibiyelo ezifanele kuMthethosisekelo wayo, wanezela uZaev.
Lesi simemezelo size ngemuva kwezingxoxo zocingo nozakwabo waseGrisi, u-Alexis Tsipras, ngoLwesibili. UTsipras uthe i-Athens ithole "isivumelwano esihle esihlanganisa yonke imibandela ebekwe ohlangothini lwamaGrikhi" ngenkathi echazela uMongameli waseGrisi, uProkopis Pavlopoulos, ngemiphumela yezingxoxo.
Ukungezwani phakathi kwe-Athene neSkopje bekulokhu kuqhubeka kusukela ngo-1991, lapho iMakedoniya yahlukana neYugoslavia futhi yamemezela inkululeko yayo. IGrisi yathi ngokuzibiza ngeRiphabhulikhi yaseMakedoniya izwe elingumakhelwane lalisho indawo yesifundazwe esisenyakatho yamaGrikhi, esibizwa nangokuthi iMakedoniya.
Ngenxa yombango wegama, iGreece ivote yonke imizamo kaSkopje yokujoyina zombili i-European Union neNATO. Izwe laphinde lamukelwa kwi-UN ngonyaka we-1993 njenge-Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).
Igama elisha laseMakedoniya lizofakwa kwinhlolovo, ezoba ekwindla. Futhi kufanele iqinisekiswe ngamaphalamende aseMakedoniya naseGrisi.
Kodwa-ke, ukudlulisa igama elithi "Northern Macedonia" ngephalamende laseGrisi kungahle kube yinkohliso njengoba amaqembu amaningi phambilini ayenqaba noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuyekethisa odabeni.
"Asivumelani futhi ngeke sivotele noma yisiphi isivumelwano esizohlanganisa negama elithi 'iMakedoniya," kusho uPanos Kammenos, onguNgqongqoshe Wezokuvikela waseGrisi nenhloko yeqembu elizimele lamaGreek Greeks.
Amalungu ePhalamende asekelwa umbono odumile njengoba amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaGrikhi amasha ngoFebhuwari ephikisana nokusetshenziswa komhlaba "iMakedoniya" yizwe elingumakhelwane. Kwakunemibuthano eMakedoniya entwasahlobo, eyayifuna ukuthi igama lezwe lishiywe endaweni yalo.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- The MPs are backed by the popular opinion as hundreds of thousands of Greeks marched in February in protest against the use of the world “Macedonia” by the neighboring country.
- IMakedoniya ivumile ukushintsha igama layo ibe yiNyakatho yeMakedoniya ukuze kuqedwe ukugqagqana kweminyaka engamashumi eminyaka neGrisi, okuthe phakathi kokunye kwavimbela i-republic yaseYugoslavia ukuba ijoyine i-EU neNATO.
- Greece argued that by calling itself Republic of Macedonia the neighboring country was stating a territorial claim of the Greek northern province, also called Macedonia.
