ʻO kekahi Seychelles he ʻaoʻao kālaiʻāina ma Seychelles ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a ke Kuhina Kūʻai mua ʻo Alain St.Ange a me ka pelekikena o kēia manawa. Papa Hoʻokipa ʻApelika.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻia kā mākou kāhea ʻana i ke Aupuni o Seychelles i nehinei no kahi kūkākūkā ākea ma waena o nā poʻe kālai'āina, ko mākou Poʻo o ka Moku'āina a me nā mana kūpono a me nā mea kuleana, e kūkākūkā a ʻae i ka hana ʻae koke e neʻe nei i mua i ka wā e hakakā nei ko mākou lāhui me COVID-19 .
ʻO kā mākou kāhea ʻana a hiki i kēia manawa ke pane ʻole ʻia a ʻike ʻole ʻia e nā poʻe kālai'āina ʻē aʻe, me ko mākou Poʻo o ka mokuʻāina e hoʻomau nei i ka hana kaʻawale a me ka malu. Ke piʻi mau nei ka makaʻu a me ka hopohopo e ka lehulehu, me nā ʻoihana he nui, a me nā kino pilikino a me ke Aupuni, e lawe ana i nā mea i loko o ko lākou lima ponoʻī a pani i ko lākou mau puka no ʻelua pule. Ua pane nā kumu ma Praslin i kēia lā i ka wehe ʻana o nā kula, ʻoiai ua pani nā hale hoʻonaʻauao a puni ʻo Mahé i ko lākou mau puka i mea e hoʻolaha ai i ka hele ʻana o ka nohona.
ʻO nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe i hilinaʻi i ka mākaʻikaʻi ua hana i nā hana koʻikoʻi e mālama a mālama i ko lākou mau kamaʻāina ma ka pani ʻana i ko lākou mau palena, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Mauritius, ko mākou mokupuni kaikuahine. I kēia manawa, hoʻomau ka loaʻa ʻana o Seychelles i nā malihini i kēlā me kēia lā mai ʻEulopa, ʻo ia ka epicenter o ka coronavirus. Pono e neʻe ʻo Seychelles e hōʻemi i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā wahi mākaʻikaʻi mai nā wahi i hoʻopilikia ʻia e ka coronavirus ʻoiai e hana like ana e mālama i nā ʻoihana a hoʻomau i ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka hana no ka poʻe o Seychelles.
Kāhea mākou i ka National Assembly e hoʻomohala koke i nā hana austerity, ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me ka Seychelles Tourism Board, e hōʻoia i ka mālama ʻana i nā ʻoihana a ʻaʻole nalowale nā limahana Seychellois i kā lākou mau hana. Paipai ʻia ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi e hāʻawi i kahi koho hoʻopaʻa hou, inā ʻaʻole lākou makemake e hāʻawi i ka uku, i nā mea kūʻai aku i hoʻopaʻa i ko lākou hale noho a i ʻole nā paʻi huakaʻi ma mua o ka maʻi maʻi.
ʻOiai ke manaʻo nei ka ʻāina i ka piʻi ʻana o nā pilikia e pili ana i ka maʻi e hōʻea ana i ko mākou mau kahakai a me ke komo ʻana i ke kaiāulu, ʻo ke ala maikaʻi wale nō i mua o ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka lokahi. ʻO ka lokahi ko mākou ikaika, ʻo ka māhele ko mākou nāwaliwali. He kuleana ko kā mākou Aupuni e hana mua i ke olakino a me ka palekana o kona poʻe. Pono e pale i ka lehulehu mai ka hopena o ka hoʻokele waiwai o kēia pilikia olakino honua; ʻO nā ʻoihana ʻohana i kā mākou ʻāina hilinaʻi mākaʻikaʻi e pono ke kākoʻo e pale aku i ka pilikia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Hoʻomaopopo ʻia kā mākou kāhea ʻana i ke Aupuni o Seychelles i nehinei no kahi kūkākūkā ākea ma waena o nā poʻe kālai'āina, ko mākou Poʻo o ka Moku'āina a me nā mana kūpono a me nā mea kuleana, e kūkākūkā a ʻae i ka hana ʻae koke e neʻe nei i mua i ka wā e hakakā nei ko mākou lāhui me COVID-19 .
- The tourism industry is encouraged to offer a re-booking option, if they are unwilling to offer a refund, to clients who booked their accommodation or excursion packages prior to the pandemic.
- While the Country is feeling the mounting pressures associated with the virus reaching our shores and infiltrating society, the only constructive way forward is to strive for unity.
