Belize: Ntchito Yoyang'anira Ulendo ya COVID-19

Prime Minister waku Belize Rt. Hon. A Dean Barrow atulutsa mawu awa lero:

Ndikufuna kukupatsani zosintha pamasewero athu Covid 19 kulimbana. Ndisanachite izi, ndiloleni ndipatseni mwayi wofotokoza zofuna zanga zachangu kwa Wolemekezeka a Said Musa, Prime Minister wakale wa Belize. Ndikumvetsa kuti usiku watha adagonekedwa mchipatala atadwala zomwe zimafotokozedwa kuti sitiroko yaying'ono. Ndikutsimikiza kuti ndilowa nawo anthu ena onse aku Belize pakumufunira mwachangu ndikumaliza kuchira.

Tsopano pokhudzana ndi zomwe ndikufunsa m'mawa uno, ndipanga nkhani yanga yoyamba pambuyo pake Dr.Gough wabwino akupatsirani chidule cha zomwe tidapeza komanso njira yathu yoyesera. Pambuyo pake, zachidziwikire, tonsefe tidzatenga mafunso atolankhani.

Tsopano, monga mukudziwa, palibe mlandu watsopano wotsimikizika wa COVID-19 ndipo Lolemba likhala 28^th tsiku, tidzafika pa 28^th chikhazikitsireni tsikuli, kupereka malowa kukhala opanda chatsopano pamlungu. Ngati zitero, ndipo tafika pachimake cha masiku 28, titha kukulonjezani kupumulitsanso zina mwa zoletsa zotsalira.

Komiti Yoyang'anira Dziko Lonse ikumana monga mwachizolowezi Lolemba, ndikutsatiridwa ndi Cabinet Lachiwiri. Afunsidwa tsopano kuti apereke mayendedwe opitilira zigawo, makamaka kuti athe kuyendetsa zokopa alendo kunyumba. Mahotela, monga mukudziwa, apatsidwa kale chilolezo kuti atsegulidwenso, koma tsopano titha kupereka mwayi kwa alendo akomweko pama hotelo athu kuti azitha kusangalala ndi zinthu zabwino, kuphatikiza dziwe, kuphatikiza kuyenda m'mbali mwa nyanja, kuphatikiza kusambira m'nyanja. Zachidziwikire, zofunikira zakusokonekera kwa anthu zidzakhalapobe kuti gulu losambira ndikuyenda pagulu, ngati mungafune, aziletsedwabe.

Izi zokopa alendo kunyumba zimadzutsa nkhani yoti titsegule zokopa alendo zakunja. Sitikudziwikabe pano ndipo kulingalira kwanga kopambana, kulingalira kwanga, sikuli Julayi. Izi, ndikufuna kudziwa, ndiudindo wa CARICOM monga tafotokozera pamsonkhano wamitu womwe udachitika koyambirira sabata ino. Ndikufuna kunena momveka bwino, kuti sindinanenepo kuti kutsegulidwa kwa malire athu kudikirira katemera. Umu ndi momwe mayiko ena amagwirira ntchito, mgwirizano wathu ndi Taiwan kukhala amodzi otere. Si udindo wanga komabe. Ngakhale zimadalira Komiti Yoyang'anira National ndi Cabinet, malingaliro anga ndi awa. Tiyenera kukumbukira kuti m'maiko ena, anthu amafa ndi 12%. Tisanatsegule, tifunika kuyang'ana momwe kachilombo ka HIV kamagwere ku North America kwathunthu komanso ku US makamaka. Kupatula apo, US ndiye msika wathu waukulu kwambiri wokopa alendo, womwe umayang'anira zoposa 75% zakomwe timayenda kukopa alendo. Malingana ngati kuchuluka kwa matenda ku US sikunaphulepo, tifunika kuchenjera. Komanso, tikuyembekeza, ngakhale osadikirira kwenikweni, chithandizo chothandiza kwa iwo omwe amadwala kwambiri atalandira kachilomboka. Zomwe zitha kutilola kuthana ndi zopinga zomwe ndangotchulazi ndizopezeka poyesa mwachangu. Wotsirizirayu akuwoneka kuti akuyandikira kwambiri, chifukwa chake chifukwa changa chomverera kuti titha kukhala bwino atangofika Julayi. Kukwanitsa kuyesa alendo nthawi yomweyo pofika kuyenera kukhala sesame yotseguka. Sikolephera, koma tiyenera, monga nthawi zonse, kuyesetsa kupulumutsa miyoyo ndi kuteteza chuma. Kuyesedwa mwachangu kutilola kulowetsa alendo onse omwe akuwayesa kuti akafika. Popeza kuti m'modzi kapena awiri atha kupezabe kachilomboka, mwa ine, ndi chiopsezo chovomerezeka. Chifukwa chake kuyesedwa mwachangu komwe kungakhale koyambitsa kwabwino kwambiri kwaulendo wokonzekera kuyambiranso.

Ngakhale alendo asanabwerere, tiyenera kukonzekera kubwerera kwa anthu aku Belize omwe asowa kudziko lina. Chifukwa chake, tidayambitsa kale mapulani oti abwerere kwawo. Ayeneranso kuti azikhala kwaokha. Tikufuna kuyambitsa njira yololera nzika zathu kuti zibwerere mwachangu momwe angathere. Zikanakhala kuti msika wamalonda usanayesedwe mofulumira kwambiri. Ichi ndichifukwa chake tidzayenera kuyang'anira mosamalitsa anthu obwerera kwawo popeza sitingathe kupatula anthu ochulukirapo ngati aliyense akufuna kubwerera nthawi yomweyo. Koma ndikuyembekeza kuti tsatanetsatane wa momwe zinthu zikuyendera, zomwe zikugwiridwa ntchito ngakhale pano, zidzalengezedwa pambuyo pamisonkhano yamawa yamawa.

Dongosolo Lothandiza Pakusowa Ntchito Ntchito likupitilira ndipo ziwerengero zomwe zikuchitika pano zikuwonetsa kuti anthu opitilira 40,000 tsopano avomerezedwa. Momwemonso, thandizo la chakudya likupitilira ndipo mabanja 23,913, kapena anthu 91,052, athandizidwa pano. Mbali inayi, palibe dola imodzi yomwe yafika yomwe yalonjezedwa ndi International Financial Institutions. Amalimbikitsanso, kuti ndalamazo zidzabwera. Zowonadi, IDB ikuti ikuyembekeza kuti ipereka kumapeto kwa mwezi BZ 12 miliyoni ya Unduna wa Zaumoyo. Pakadali pano tawononga kale madola mamiliyoni 6.2 pogula zinthu zolimbana ndi COVID-19.

Tsopano, pakadali pano ndikufuna, mwatsoka, kuti ndinene china chake chokhudza kusamvana pakati pa Boma ndi PSU. Mabungwe awiriwa sananene momveka bwino malo awo kotero ndiyenera kuyang'ana kwambiri pa PSU. Pali mikangano pakati pathu pazomwe tidapempha kuti maofesala aboma anyalanyaze zowonjezera chaka chachuma 2020/2021. Komanso, kuti akuluakulu aboma ayenera kuvomereza kuti achepetse ndalama zina; ndipo pomaliza, kuyenera kuletsa gawo la zopereka ndi zopereka kwa onse omwe akuchita nawo mgwirizano, kuphatikiza, oyang'anira wamkulu.

Izi ndizofunikira koma ndizosakwanira momvetsa chisoni. Ichi ndichifukwa chake. Chithunzithunzi cha chithunzi chamakono chazachuma chikuwoneka motere. M'mwezi wa Epulo 2020 msonkho wa bizinesi ndi GST palimodzi udangokhala 48% ya zomwe zidasonkhanitsidwa mu Epulo 2019. Kutsika uku kunachokera pa $ 45.8 miliyoni mu Epulo 2019 mpaka 21.8 miliyoni yokha ya Epulo 2020. Kumbukiraninso kuti misonkhoyi imalipira kumbuyo, titero kunena kwake. Chifukwa chake, zopereka za Epulo 2020 zimakhudzana makamaka ndi bizinesi ya Marichi 2020. Marichi anali, kumene, kusanachitike. Mfundo ndiyakuti, kusonkhetsa kwa mwezi wa Meyi wa 2020 wokhudzana ndi bizinesi ya Epulo 2020, pomwe kutsekedwa kudayamba kugwira ntchito, kudzawona kugwa kwakukulu. Malingaliro akuti, kutsika kwa Epulo mpaka madola miliyoni a 21.8 kungotsika mpaka madola 11.2 miliyoni okha mu Meyi. Tsopano lingaliraninso kuti Customs and Excise nawonso idagwa mu Epulo 2020 mpaka 20 miliyoni dollars. Uku kunali kutsika kwa madola 10 miliyoni pa Epulo 2019. Apanso, ndalama zamsonkho makamaka zinali za katundu wolamulidwa asanatseke. Momwemonso misonkho yamabizinesi ndi GST, ibwerezedwanso pokhudzana ndi ndalama za Customs. Chifukwa chake, kuchepetsedwa kwa katundu wolamulidwa kuyamba kutsekedwa mwezi wathawu, kudzawonanso kugulitsidwa kwa Misonkho mu Meyi 2020. Lingalirani pomaliza kuti ndalama za boma zolipirira mwezi ndi madola 45 miliyoni. Izi zikutanthauza kuti mamiliyoni a 41.2 omwe adatoleredwa kuchokera kumisonkho yamabizinesi, GST ndi Forodha mu Epulo sakanakwanitsa kulipira ngongole ya $ 45 miliyoni pamwezi. Nkhaniyi sikumathera pamenepo chifukwa, pali zolipirira zina za Boma. Izi zikuphatikiza kupereka ngongole, zofunikira, zogulira, mafuta, ndi ndalama zazikulu; ndipo amafika ku madola ena 45 miliyoni kuboma lathunthu la Belize lotulutsa mwezi uliwonse madola 90 miliyoni. Koma, ndikubwereza, tidangotola madola miliyoni 41.2 mu Epulo ndipo tikuyembekezera zosaposa 30 miliyoni mu Meyi. Ndikukumbutsidwa za Mr. Mawu otchuka a Micawber mu Dickens a David Copperfield. Ndikoyenera kuti lingaliro la GOB, lomwe likufuna kuti nsembe zochepa kwambiri kuchokera kwa omwe adalipira m'thumba la anthu, ziwonekere. Zomwe tikupempha ndikuti maofesala aboma ndi aphunzitsi apereke zomwe zikuwonjezera chaka chachuma 2020/2021. Pankhani ya oyang'anira madipatimenti ndi akuluakulu ena aboma, afika pamwamba pamiyeso yawo motero sawonjezeredwa. Chifukwa chake, akufunsidwa kuti apereke theka la ndalama zawo zosangalatsa. A CEO akuyenera kupereka magawo asanu azolandira zawo ndi gawo limodzi la ndalama zawo. Ndipo maofesala ena onse amapanganso chimodzimodzi ndi zina. Atumiki akhululuka malipiro amwezi umodzi ndi madola 800 pamwezi. Chifukwa chake, gulu lowonjezerapo likuwonjezeredwa, m'ma dollar, akufunsidwa ndalama zochepa kwambiri kuposa zonse. Chifukwa chake, oyang'anira maboma, monga aphunzitsi, akuyenera kupereka ochepera onse ogwira ntchito m'boma la Belize. Tsopano mwandimva ndikunena pagulu kuti ndichita zoyipa zanga kuti ndisakhudze konse malipiro owonjezera a aphunzitsi ndi akuluakulu aboma. Chifukwa chake, pali chitsimikizo chomwecho ndipo chifukwa chake pamangokhala zochepa zopempha zowonjezerapo ndipo, kwa okalamba, ndalama zina. M'mikhalidwe ndimakhumudwitsidwa kwathunthu ndi kusokonekera kwa makamaka kwa PSU. Ntchito zapagulu zathetsedwa ndi mliriwu. Opitilira 80,000 anthu adachita kufunsira chithandizo cha ulova. Vuto la onse omwe alibe chakudya ndilowopsa. Chifukwa chake, GOB yakakamizidwa, ngakhale kukuwonongeka kwa ndalama, kuti amve kulira kwawo ndikupereka thandizo kwa iwo. IDB yangotsimikizira kuti pachuma chonse chodalira zokopa alendo padziko lapansi Belize ndiye wachitatu wovuta kwambiri. Koma mkati mwa chiwonongeko chofala pakati pa anthu ndi zachuma, pamaso pa anthu opitilira 80,000 omwe alibe ntchito ndipo pomwepo, Boma la Belize likulimbikirabe kuteteza malipilo ochuluka a ogwira ntchito kuboma. Ngakhale zili choncho, amakana kudzipereka komwe tikupempha. Ndikunena mosasamala kuti malingaliro awo ndiosavomerezeka. Ali ndi mwambo wonyada wopereka nsembe koma akuwunyoza tsopano ndi kupanda nzeru kwawo. Aliyense ayenera kuvutika, aliyense ayenera kudzipereka, koma osati iwo. Ndizosamvetsetseka ndipo Boma silikhala nalo. Tikapita ku Central Bank of Belize kukabwereka ndalama zambiri zofunika kulipira ogwira ntchito zaboma, timakakamiza anthu wamba. Komabe mabungwe azinsinsi samadandaula. Chifukwa chake, ngati a PSU apitilizabe kukana zopereka zomwe tikufuna, sindikuwona momwe malingaliro aboma angawalolere kuti asachoke. Boma limawalola kuti asachoke. Zomwe timawapatsa zidzapulumutsa madola 17 miliyoni okha. Uku ndiye kutsika kwa chidebe popeza tikuyang'ana ndalama zopitilira 450 miliyoni, zomwe zimayambitsa mliri zomwe zidasoweka pachaka chino chachuma. Ndiye pafupifupi theka la ndalama zomwe akuyembekezeredwa. Izi, ndikubwereza, sizingakhale zowerengeka ndipo Boma la Belize lichita zomwe tiyenera kuchita. PSU ikukamba zakupita ku Khothi. Ndidzawakumbutsa kuti palibe khothi lomwe lingakakamize Boma kuti lipereke zomwe lilibe.

Ndiloleni, ndikupumula pamenepo, nditembenuzire kulengeza ziwiri zowongoka. Mwambo Wokumbukira Kubadwa Kwa Mfumukazi, womwe udzachitike pa Meyi 24, wayimitsidwa. Pamwamba pake, tikuyembekeza, Lolemba, kuti tidzalandire malingaliro oti akhazikitsidwe mwapang'onopang'ono mipingo yathu ndi malo olambirira.

Nkhani yomaliza. Funso ladzutsidwa kuti mabwana ayenera kuchitira bwanji anthu omwe adachotsedwa ntchito kwakanthawi kochepa kwambiri koma nthawi zina amabwerera kuntchito. Unduna wa Zantchito walengeza kuti ndiwokonzeka kupereka upangiri pamlanduwu. Koma mwachizolowezi, tikuyembekeza kuti ntchito yawo iwonedwe ngati yopitilira kuti asapondereze mwayi wawo wopuma pantchito kapena kusiya ntchito.

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