Kingston, Jamaica - Ua ʻōlelo aku nā alakaʻi ʻoihana i nehinei e haʻalele ke aupuni i kāna ʻano hana dute hoʻokomo paʻakikī a hoʻopaʻa i kahi pākēneka o 10 pākēneka ma nā mea lawe mai a pau i mea e hoʻonui ai i ka loaʻa kālā.
Ua hiki mai ka manaʻo ma kahi ʻaina awakea o nā kuhina o ke Aupuni a me nā alakaʻi ʻoihana i mālama ʻia e ka luna Observer ʻo Gordon 'Butch' Stewart ma ke keʻena nui o ka nūpepa ma Beechwood Avenue ma Kingston.
Ua hui ʻia e ke Kuhina Nui ʻo Bruce Golding a me kekahi o kāna mau kuhina nui, nāna i pane i nā hopohopo hou i hāpai ʻia e nā alakaʻi o ka ʻoihana pilikino e pili ana i ke kulekele ukupanee kiʻekiʻe o ke Aupuni a me nā ʻauhau kaumaha i hoʻēmi i ka hana ʻoihana.
"Inā hoʻonoho ʻoe i nā hana ma ka 10 pākēneka o ka loaʻa kālā o ke aupuni e pāpālua koke ʻia," i ʻōlelo aku ai ka mea kālepa ʻo Gassan Azan i ke kuhina nui.
Ua hōʻike ʻo Golding, he pilikia koʻikoʻi ka loaʻa kālā, e noʻonoʻo ʻia ana nā hoʻoponopono dute. Wahi a ke kuhina nui, ʻo ka loaʻa kālā o ke aupuni mai nā mea i lawe ʻia mai he ʻelima wale nō keneta o ka huina waiwai.
I ka manawa like, ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa nā alakaʻi ʻoihana ʻo ka uku pānaʻi, ʻoiai ua hoʻemi ʻia e ka Bank of Jamaica (BOJ), he mea paʻakikī loa.
Ua nīnau ka Pelekikena o ka hui ʻo Jamaica Manufacturers 'Association, ʻo Omar Azan, i ke kumu o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka uku ukupanee i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e ka mea hoʻokahi a ua ʻōlelo hou ʻo ia i hiki ʻole i ka hoʻokūkū kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻokūkū ma ka honua.
"ʻAʻole wau e manaʻo e mālama ʻia ka ʻāina e uku me kahi kanaka e ala aʻe a ʻōlelo i kahi e pono ai ka uku paneʻe," wahi a Azan e pili ana i ke kiaʻāina ʻo BOJ ʻo Derick Latibeaudiere.
ʻO ke Kuhina Waiwai ʻo Audley Shaw, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hōʻea ʻia nā kumukūʻai ma o ke kōmike kālā e pili ana i ka BOJ a me ka Planning Institute of Jamaica, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana o ka mākeke.
"ʻOiai eʻikeʻia ana he hōʻike hoʻokahi kanaka, he nui nā mea e pili ana i ka mākeke," i'ōlelo aiʻo Shaw, me ka hoʻohuiʻana i ke kulekele i alakaʻi i ka paʻa hou i ka uku kūʻai.
Eia naʻe, ua hoʻohui ʻo ia ua kūpaʻa ke aupuni e hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka uku pānaʻi pāʻoihana.
"ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono mākou e hoʻi i lalo o ka 12 pakeneka," wahi a Shaw.
Ua pale aku ʻo Golding iā Latibeaudiere, e ʻōlelo ana ʻo kāna kauoha e mālama i ka paʻa o ke kumukūʻai kūloko.
"ʻO ka mea hana wale nō i loaʻa iā ia ka uku ukupanee. Inā manaʻo ʻo ia ke koi ʻia ke kumukūʻai kūʻai, inā manaʻo ʻo ia aia ka paʻa o ke kumukūʻai kūloko ma lalo o ka hoʻoweliweli, ʻo ia wale nō ka mea hana iā ia, "wahi a Golding. "Inā ʻaʻole ʻo ia e hoʻohana ʻaʻole ia e hoʻokō nei i kāna kauoha."
Ua hoʻohana pū ke kuhina nui i ka manawa kūpono e ʻāhewa ai i nā mea hoʻopukapuka e ʻimi nei i nā hoʻihoʻi kiʻekiʻe ma ka pepa aupuni ʻoiai e koi ana i ka hoʻemi ʻana i ka uku paneʻe ma nā hōʻaiʻē.
"ʻIke wau he mea hoʻohenehene i kekahi manawa ka poʻe e koi ana i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, i ka wā e waiho ai ke Aupuni i kahi mea hana ma laila [ lākou] e ʻōlelo nei makemake mākou i 21 pākēneka o ke kālā a mākou e hāʻawi ai i ke Aupuni akā makemake mākou e hōʻaiʻē i ka 11. pākēneka," wahi a Golding.
I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stewart, no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ʻaʻole i uku ʻia nā moku holo moku i loko o ka mokupuni ʻaʻole i uku ʻauhau ʻoiai nā hōkele e lawe i ka ukana o ka ʻoihana.
Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia e hoʻokūkū ka ʻoihana moku holo moku a me nā hōkele ʻāina i ka mākeke like.
ʻO nā hōkele liʻiliʻi, ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī o ka ʻoihana holo moku e huki i nā poʻe holo kaʻa mai nā malihini kipa.
Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻi ana ke Aupuni iā lākou iho me ka ʻae ʻana i ka ʻoihana holo moku e ulu ma o ka uku ʻole ʻana i ka ʻauhau.
Ua kūʻē ka ʻōlelo a Stewart i ke ʻano o ke koi ʻana o ke Aupuni no ka loaʻa kālā ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā mai nā kumu kuʻuna e like me ka mākaʻikaʻi a me ka hana bauxite/alumina.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- "ʻIke wau he mea hoʻohenehene i kekahi manawa ka poʻe e koi ana i nā kumukūʻai haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa, i ka wā e waiho ai ke Aupuni i kahi mea hana ma laila [ lākou] e ʻōlelo nei makemake mākou i 21 pākēneka o ke kālā a mākou e hāʻawi ai i ke Aupuni akā makemake mākou e hōʻaiʻē i ka 11. pākēneka,”.
- ʻO ke Kuhina Waiwai ʻo Audley Shaw, ua hōʻole ʻo ia i ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua hōʻea ʻia nā kumukūʻai ma o ke kōmike kālā e pili ana i ka BOJ a me ka Planning Institute of Jamaica, akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hana o ka mākeke.
- I kēia manawa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stewart, no ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ʻaʻole i uku ʻia nā moku holo moku i loko o ka mokupuni ʻaʻole i uku ʻauhau ʻoiai nā hōkele e lawe i ka ukana o ka ʻoihana.