Arthur Greene
UPrince Charles ungaphansi kwengcindezi yokuchaza ukuthi kungani amukela izikhwama zemali ewukheshi elinganiselwa ku-€3 million (u-R50 million) kulowo owayenguNdunankulu wase-Qatar.
Indlalifa yesihlalo sobukhosi saseBrithani yamukela izinkokhelo ezintathu ezihlukene phakathi kuka-2011 no-2015 emihlanganweni yangasese noSheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani.
USheikh – owaziwa ngokuthi “u-HBJ” – wanikeza ozoba iNkosi isikhwama sepulasitiki esigcwele imali. Kwesinye isigameko iNkosana yanikezwa ipotimende kwathi okwesithathu yathola ukheshi.
Le mali yanikelwa u-HBJ ezinhlanganweni ezisiza umphakathi ezisungulwe yiNkosana.
“Iminikelo yokusiza ephuma kuSheikh Hamad bin Jassim idluliselwe ngokushesha kwenye yezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi, eziphathe lolu hlelo ngendlela efanele futhi isiqinisekisile ukuthi zonke izinqubo ezifanele zilandelwe,” kusho uClarence House, lapho okwenziwa khona enye yezivumelwano, kuchaza isitatimende.
Nakuba bekungakaze kube nesiphakamiso sokuthi izivumelwano bezingekho emthethweni, ukudluliswa kwemali ngomshoshaphansi kuye kwangabaza ukwahlulela kozoba iNkosi, uma kubhekwa irekhodi elibi lamalungelo abantu e-Qatar.
“Yilokhu umuntu angakulindela kumthengisi wezidakamizwa wakuleli, hhayi indlalifa yesihlalo sobukhosi saseBrithani,” kusho uNorman Baker, owayeyilungu lePhalamende nochwepheshe emndenini wasebukhosini, etshela i-The Guardian.
Izinhlangano ezisiza abampofu zikaPrince Charles zinomlando omubi. Nyakenye, iNhlangano kaPrince Charles yagxekwa ngokunikeza usozimali wase-Saudi usizo ekutholeni ubuqhawe kanye nokuba yisakhamuzi sase-UK.
Kulo nyaka, amaphoyisa ase-UK amemezele uphenyo ngesivumelwano seNhlangano kaPrince Charles “sokuthola imali”.
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