iSan Juan, ngo-Novemba 13 (EFE) .- I-Puerto Rico Association of Industrialists (AIPR) yaxwayisa namuhla ukuthi imisebenzi engaba ngu-70 000 emkhakheni wokukhiqiza esiqhingini, i-Commonwealth of I-US, isengozini ngaphambi kokuqaliswa kokulungiswa kwentela kulelo zwe laseNyakatho Melika.

Umongameli we-AIPR, uRodrigo Masses, uthe namuhla enkomfa yabezindaba iphrojekthi yalokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-federal tax reform okwamanje ekhonjelwa e-United States Congress izoba nemthelela, uma ivunyiwe, imisebenzi engu-70,000 ekhokhelwa phezulu emkhakheni wokukhiqiza esiqhingini saseCaribbean. AmaMasses achaze ukuthi ngoNovemba 2 iKomiti Yezindlela Nendlela Yendlu Yabaphathi Base-Federal yabethula iphrojekthi umthetho we-HR 1, obandakanya isiphakamiso sokuguqula i-Internal Revenue Code ye-Federal, ngenhloso yokuheha ukukhiqizwa kwemikhiqizo kuma-US.

Inhloso yukuthi umsebenzi imboni yokukhiqiza iphinda ibuyele e-United States futhi inayo imali engenayo, ukukhiqiza kanye nesizukulwane sezinkampani zase-US. izwe.

Masses wachaza ukuthi inhloso yokudambisa umsebenzi wezinkampani zase-US ekuphumeni kwezwe ngeke ithinte ngokungenhloso umsebenzi owenziwe wokukhiqiza ePuerto Rico.

"Lokhu kungaba ushintsho ezingeni zomlando ukuthi uyobeka Puerto Rico njengoba izwe," kusho umengameli we abaqashi yalesi siqhingi I-Caribbean.

Wachaza ukuthi uma ucabangela lesi sinyathelo somthetho, akuzange kucatshangelwe ukuthi iPuerto Rico inamandla ngokuhlanganiswa okugcwele e-US. unomthwalo wemisebenzi engaba ngu-70 000 eqondile kanye ne-200,000 engaqondile.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, futhi nakakhulu, wathi izinkampani ezingasuka ePuerto Rico ngaphansi kwemithetho emisha engakwazi Vumela ukhiqize cishe u-35% weqoqo lentela lesi siqhingi.

Masses agcizelele ukuthi emva kokuhamba kwesiphepho uMaria ngoSeptemba 20 esiqhingini, esasichitha ingqalasizinda yayo futhi ishiya izigidi zokulahleka, lesi siqephu esisha singase sibe ukukhishwa kwangempela kwePuerto Rico kanye nomnotho wayo obuthakathaka, ophethe isikweletu semali engu-70,000 wezigidi amaRandi ekusetshenzisweni kokulungiswa ngaphansi kokuqondiswa kwejaji lesigungu.

Izigaba 4301 no 4303 zephrojekthi ye-HR 1 yezomthetho izothinta kakhulu ePuerto Rico, njengoba zidinga izinkampani intela e-US ukuthi inkampani ebambisene ne-US yenza elinye iqhaza ngaphandle kwezwe laseNyakatho Melika.

Naphezu kwemizamo ye-AIPR, imithetho yaphakanyiswa ngaphandle kwanoma yiluphi uhlobo lokukhululwa Izinkampani zase-US ukuphakamisa ukulungiswa kwentela kahulumeni, okufaka amalungiselelo okuvikela umsebenzi wokukhiqiza e-United States. AmaMelika esiqhingini.

Lezo zinhlinzeko, zigcizelela i-AIPR, ungafaki izingxenye ezikhulula imiphumela abazobe nazo emkhakheni wokukhiqiza ePuerto Rico.

Abaqashi ucindezela ukuthi kunikezwe isimo samanje sezomnotho esibhekene nalesi siqhingi kanye nemiphumela emibi kakhulu yeSiphepho uMaria, umkhakha wokukhiqiza uyisisekelo sokugcina umsebenzi float.

Ngakho-ke, i-AIPR izokwenza imizamo eWashington ngaphambi kokuba iCongress iqaphe isimo sePuerto Rico ngaphambi kokuguqulwa kwentela Hamba.