Incoko yeNqanaba eliPhakamileyo kwiimpembelelo kunye namanyathelo athathwe ngamaZwe

IJamaica yenza imeko yayo kwingxoxo ekwinqanaba eliphezulu namazwe aseCaribbean kunye noMzantsi Melika ukulungelelanisa, ukufunda nokuthatha amanyathelo kwimpembelelo yeCoronavirus kunye nezoKhenketho.

Lo mbhalo kunye nedilesi ye-Hon. UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho uEd Bartlett osuka eJamaica ukuza kule nkomfa inqanaba eliphezulu namhlanje.

Enkosi Mnumzana / Usihlalo kaMadam kwaye ngakumbi kwi-Permanent Mission yaseCosta Rica ngokuququzelela eli thuba lokwabelana ngamava athile eJamaica ekujonganeni nobhubhane wangoku kunye nokwenza izisombululo ezifanelekileyo zokufumana kwakhona.

Njengokuba besinamava, le ntsholongwane yalifaka kuqoqosho lwehlabathi ukungaqiniseki, uhambo nokhenketho lubalaseliswa njengelinye lawona macandelo achaphazelekayo. Oku kubonisa eyona mboniso imbi kukhenketho lwamazwe aphesheya ukusukela ngo-1950 kwaye iphelisa ngesiquphe isithuba seminyaka eli-10 sokukhula okuzinzileyo ukusukela ngeengxaki zemali ka-2009.

Sele ikota yokuqala, ukufika kwabakhenkethi bamazwe aphesheya (i-ITA) kwehle ngama-44% xa kuthelekiswa nonyaka wama-2019. Ngo-Epreli, kuthintelwa kakhulu ukuhamba nokuvalwa kwemida, i-ITA yehle yaya kuma-97%. Oku kubonisa ilahleko yokufika kwezigidi ezili-180 zamazwe aphesheya xa kuthelekiswa no-2019 nge-US $ 198 yezigidigidi ezilahlekileyo kwiirisithi zokhenketho zamanye amazwe (ingeniso yokuthumela ngaphandle).

Amazwe asakhulayo esiqithi (SIDS) ajongene nemiceli mngeni kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo, kubandakanya abantu abancinci, izibonelelo ezinqongopheleyo, ukuba sesichengeni seentlekele zendalo kunye nokothuka kwangaphandle, kunye nokuxhomekeka okunamandla kurhwebo lwamanye amazwe. Ukuthembela okunzima nokomelela kwezokhenketho njengegalelo eliphambili kwiMveliso yaseKhaya yaMazwe onke, ebalwa ngaphezulu kwe-50% ye-GDP kwamanye, inokuthi ibhebhethekise ubungozi bommandla kule ngxaki sikuyo ngoku. Oku kungenxa yokuba siqaphela amandla amakhulu okuhamba nokhenketho ukulungisa uqoqosho lwethu kwindlela eya ekuphuculweni nasekuphuculweni.

Kukho i-SIDS elishumi elinesithandathu kwiCaribbean apho iJamaica yenye. Ngo-2019, amaZwe aPhuhlayo eSiqithi esincinci (i-SIDS) abhale i-44 yezigidi kubakhenkethi bamazwe aphesheya, ngengeniso yokuthumela ngaphandle malunga ne-US $ 55 yezigidigidi. Kwiinyanga ezine zokuqala zika-2020, i-SIDS irekhode ukwehla kwama-47% kwabafika kuguqulela phantse i-7.5 yezigidi zokufika.

Kwimeko yeJamaica, ityala langaphandle li-94% ye-GDP ngo-Matshi 2019 kwaye ngo-Matshi 2020, kuqikelelwa ukuba iphantsi kancinci kwi-91%. Ukucuthwa okuqikelelweyo kwi-GDP ukusuka kwi-COVID-19 yoNyaka-Mali 2020/2021 yi-5.1%.

Uqikelelo lwethu luqikelele ilahleko yonyaka ye-J $ 146 yezigidigidi kwicandelo lezokhenketho kunyaka-mali ka-Epreli 2020-Matshi 2021 kunye nokuwa kwe- $ J38.4Billion kuRhulumente evela kwingeniso ethe ngqo evela kwicandelo.

Nangona sigxile ekuweni koqoqosho, siyabakhathalela abasebenzi abangaphezu kwama-350,000 kolu shishino ubomi babo buphazanyiswe kanobom yi-COVID. Oku kuyehla ukuya kwiintsapho zabo kunye noluntu ngendlela yokwenyani, kukonyusa iingxaki ezikhoyo zentlalo.

Kucacile ukuba ayisiyoshishini njengesiqhelo kwaye, ke ngoko, iimpendulo zomgaqo-nkqubo wethu zifuna ukucinga okutsha ukuze kungqamane nobume besoyikiso sangoku kuphuhliso oluzinzileyo. Ukuchacha okusebenzayo kunye "nokutsha okutsha" kuya kubonakaliswa kukuguquguquka okukhulu kunye nokulungelelaniswa kokusebenza kwamashishini, ngakumbi amashishini ezokhenketho amancinci, amancinci naphakathi; ukwanda kokusetyenziswa kwetekhnoloji yotshintsho lwedijithali; iindlela ezintsha zomsebenzi kunye nemilinganiselo yokuvelisa; kunye nokomelela okuzinzileyo ukumelana nokuphazamiseka kwangaphandle.

Ngalefilosofi engqondweni, iinzame ezithile zokubuyisela kwimeko yesiqhelo zijolise ekwandiseni ubuhlakani, ngakumbi ubuhlakani babucala noluntu. Ukubonisana kwaba kwaye kuyaqhubeka kuyinto ephambili kweli xesha. Igalelo elityebileyo nelantlukwano kubo bonke abathathi-nxaxheba ngohlobo lweKomiti yokuBuyisa uKhenketho (i-TRC) esekwe ekuqaleni kwengxaki eJamaica (nge-10 kaMatshi- ityala lokuqala le-COVID) liphucule kakhulu isileyiti kunye nomgangatho wamanyathelo okuvuselela icandelo.

Oorhulumente bethu bemi kwelona xesha libalulekileyo "Yima, jonga, mamela kwaye ujonge", oko kukuthi, ukuvavanya imeko; ubuchule bemigaqo-nkqubo neempendulo; ukubeka iliso kumiliselo olusebenzayo lwale migaqo-nkqubo; kwaye sizilungiselele ukuqhubeka silungelelanisa kwaye silawule ngobuchule olu phuculo lubalulekileyo kwimpilo yoluntu nakuqoqosho.

Uvavanyo lwemeko lubonakalisile oko iinkqubo ezicacileyo nezisebenzayo bezifuneka ukuba ziqulathe intsholongwane, zikhusele abantu kwaye zilungiselele ukuvulwa okungenakuphepheka. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, i-TRC iyile iiprothokholi ezichanekileyo zamacandelwana ecandelo ngokubanzi athe asasazwa ukuxhasa iinkqubo ngokubanzi kunye nezikhokelo ezivela kwiCandelo loMphathiswa Wezempilo.

Le ntsholongwane idluliselwa abantu, Kufuneka sikhusele abantu (abemi bethu kunye nabandwendweli) ngeli xesha, kwaye ngabantu abaza kuqhuba impumelelo yalo naliphi na inyathelo. Icandelo loMphathiswa Wezokhenketho libeka phambili kakhulu kuphuhliso lwabasebenzi kwiziko labo laseJamaica lezokhenketho (JCTI). I-JCTI ithe yathembisa ukuqinisa izakhono kubasebenzi bezokhenketho ngeli xesha kwaye, ngokusebenzisana neNkampani yoPhuhliso lweMveliso yezoKhenketho, baqeqeshe abasebenzi bezokhenketho kwisicelo esifanelekileyo nenkqubo yenkqubo yezempilo kunye neenkonzo zabathengi ze-COVID19.

Iinkqubo kunye iinkqubo kuye kwafuneka ukuba yenziwe ngobuchule kwaye ilawulwe ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuba iiprotokholi kunye nabadlali abafanelekileyo basebenzisana ngokufanelekileyo ekusingatheni kakuhle lo bhubhane, ngakumbi xa kujongwa ukuvulwa kwakhona kwecandelo lezokhenketho.

Nanjengokuba ukhenketho lwasekhaya lwalukhuthazwa kwaye luxhaswa ngabantu baseJamaica, ukhenketho lunegalelo kuma-50% emali eyingeniso yotyalo-mali lwangaphandle kuqoqosho, kwafuneka sivule imida yethu kwaye samkele abakhenkethi kunxweme lwethu.

Oku kuvulwa kwakhona ngononophelo okwenzeke nge-15 kweyeSilimela kwaqaliswa, kusekwe kuzo zonke iinkqubo zokulungiselela kunye nokhuseleko lwabemi bethu, ngakumbi abasebenzi bezokhenketho, njengomgaqo ophambili. Ukuvulwa kwakhona kwahlulwa kwinto endiyibiza ngokuba “ziipaseji ezomeleleyo” ndisamkela iindwendwe ukonwabela iindawo ezithile zabakhenkethi ezihambelana nomthetho ze-COVID kunye nomtsalane kwindlela emiselweyo ngelixa uvumela uphononongo lwamaxesha, ukubeka iliso, kunye nokuthintela-oku kulandelayo, ukuba kukho imfuneko.

Ukusukela oko kuvulwa ngokuthe ngcembe, iJamaica yamkele ngaphezulu kwe-13, 000 yeendwendwe kwaye yafumana malunga ne-US $ 19.2 yezigidi. Oku kukude kakhulu kwiinjongo zethu zeqhinga, nangona kunjalo, i-COVID ibonakalise isidingo sokwenza ipivot okanye ingozi. Sisebenza ngobuchule ukuqinisekisa ukuba singaphuma kule ntlekele - sikruqukile kodwa asophuki.

Icandelo lamaShishini amaNcinci, amaNcinci naPhakathi (i-MSME) lihlala linegalelo elibonakalayo kuphuhliso lwezoqoqosho nezentlalo eJamaica nakwiCaribbean ebanzi. Ngokophononongo lwe-2016 olwenziwe yiBhanki yoPhuhliso lweCaribbean (CDB) enesihloko esithi "Uphuhliso lwamashishini amaNcinci-aphakathi kwiCaribbean: Towards a New Frontier", ii-MSMEs ziphakathi kwe-70% kunye ne-85% yenani lamashishini, zenza igalelo phakathi I-60% kunye ne-70% ye-GDP kunye neakhawunti malunga ne-50% yengqesho kwiCaribbean.

Ngokwe-World Trade Organisation (WTO) World Trade Report 2019 - "Ikamva leeNkonzo zoRhwebo", kuphuhliso lwezoqoqosho, ushishino lwezokhenketho nolunxulumene nokuhamba lurekhoda elona galelo liphezulu kuthumelo ngaphandle ngamashishini amancinci, amancinci naphakathi (ii-MSMEs ) nangabafazi.

Icandelo lezokhenketho laseJamaica lixhaswa ngothungelwano olubanzi lwaMashishini amaNcinci naPhakathi oKhenketho (ii-SMTE) ukuwa kwawo okusuka kwi-COVID-19 kungumndilili we-J $ 2.5 yezigidi inye. Njengokhenketho luphawu lobomi kuqoqosho lwaseJamaican, zikwanjalo nee-SMTEs kwimveliso yokhenketho yaseJamaican kunye namava.

Kuyimfuneko ke ngoko ukuba ii-SMTEs zingasindi kule ngxaki, kodwa zandise amathuba anikezelwa ziindlela ezivelayo zokukhula kunye nokukhula ukuqinisekisa ukuba uqoqosho oluncinci nolusemngciphekweni, njengeJamaica, lunokuchuma emva kwalo bhubhane.

Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ii-SMTEs ziya kubonelelwa ngeepakethe zokomelela kubandakanya izixhobo zokukhusela, izixhobo zococeko ezingachukumisiyo kunye neethemometha kunye nezixhobo ezikhuselayo kunye noqeqesho olufanelekileyo.

Kuyakubakho ukuququzelelwa kwemali mboleko ekhethekileyo ngeBhanki yoPhuculo yaseJamaica (DBJ) yokugubungela iipesenti ezingama-70 zeenkonzo ezithile kunye ne-DBJ yokuXhaswa ngetyala ukuvumela ukufikelela kwi-J $ 15 yezigidi njengesiqinisekiso apho ii-SMTE zinqongopheleyo ukuze zifumane imali-mboleko.

INgxowa-mali yoPhuculo lwezoKhenketho (i-TEF) kunye neBhanki ye-EXIM ejikeleza iMali mboleko kunye neJamaican National Business Business (JNSBL) mboleko zivumela iimali mboleko phakathi kwe-J $ 5 kunye ne- $ 25 yezigidi kumazinga enzala engekho ngaphezulu kwe-5% naphakathi kweminyaka emi-5 ukuya kwesi-7 ukubuyisa .

Iyaqondakala into yokuba njengofikelelo lubalulekile kunjalo nokubanakho ukuhlawula. Kule meko, urhoxiso lwangoku lwe-COVID kwintlawulo lwandisiwe kude kube sekupheleni kwe-2020 (nge-31 kaDisemba).

Ukongeza, ii-SMTEs zinokuxhamla kwizibonelelo ezibonelelwa nguMphathiswa Wezemali kunye neNkonzo kaRhulumente phantsi kwenkqubo ye-CARE encedisa abaqeshi ekuhlawuleni iintlawulo zabasebenzi kunye nezinye iindleko.

Ukuqinisekisa ukubuyiselwa kweshishini lezokhenketho kubalulekile kwaye ngokulinganayo kubalulekile ngotshintsho lwedijithali kunye nokomeleza ukomelela ukuqinisekisa ukuba ilizwe liyaphuma kule ngxaki "sakha umva ngcono".

IZiko loKomeleza uKhenketho kwiHlabathi liphela elizinze eJamaica belingaguquguquki, ngaphambi kwalo bhubhane, ekunikezeleni ngezixhobo zokuxhasa amandla okuphendula abalulekileyo kunye nezisombululo ezinobuchule ezilungiselelwe la maxesha.

Silile ngempembelelo etshabalalisayo ye-COVID-19, nangona kunjalo, siyakhunjuzwa ukuba amathuba akhona okwandisa usetyenziso lwethu lweetekhnoloji ngokusebenza ngakumbi. Njengokuba sisilwa nengxaki, kufuneka sinyanzelise ekuwasebenziseni ngokuzeleyo amathuba apho avela khona njengoko oku kungundoqo kubukhali obufuneka kakhulu kunye nokulungela ukubuyisa, ukuvuselela nokuvuselela eli candelo libalulekileyo.

Enkosi.