SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Ke koi nei nā luna kānāwai o Puerto Rican e haʻalele ka luna hoʻokele mākaʻikaʻi o ka mokupuni ma luna o kahi hoʻonui $36,000 ʻoiai ua hoʻokuʻu ke aupuni i nā tausani.
Ua hoʻopiʻi ʻo Sen. Cirilo Tirado i ke alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Jaime Lopez no ka "ʻaʻole mahalo i ka poʻe Puerto Rican ma waena o kahi pilikia."
Eia kekahi ma ka pilikia: he $35,000 uku hou iā Lopez e kāhea ana ʻo Tirado i kahi bonus Kalikimaka.
Ua pane aku ka luna hoʻokele o ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻo Mario Gonzalez he 30 pākēneka no Lopez i hoʻolālā ʻia mai ka makahiki i hala, ʻoiai ua ʻae ʻia i ka pule i hala. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻaʻole he bonus ka uku ʻē aʻe akā he uku retroactive no ka hana ʻokoʻa.
E hele ana ʻo Lopez ma waho o Puerto Rico a ʻaʻole hiki ke kiʻi koke ʻia no ka ʻōlelo i ka Pōʻalua.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Cirilo Tirado accuses tourism chief Jaime Lopez of “lacking respect for the Puerto Rican people in the middle of a crisis.
- an additional $35,000 payment to Lopez that Tirado is calling a Christmas bonus.
- Tourism deputy director Mario Gonzalez replies that a 30 percent raise for Lopez was planned since last year, although it was formally approved only last week.
