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失去亲人的家属表示将不参与威尔士新冠复盘Bereaved families say they won't take part in Welsh Covid review

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威尔士党曾承诺审查上一届工党政府应对新冠疫情的表现Plaid Cymru had pledged to review the previous Labour government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic

为新冠逝者家属发声的活动人士表示,除非威尔士政府的疫情复盘拥有法律赋予的权力,否则他们将拒绝参与。

Campaigners for families who lost relatives to Covid-19 say they will not take part in the Welsh government's pandemic review unless it has legal powers.

新冠逝者家属伸张正义威尔士分会联合负责人表示,该团体担心此次复盘不具备传唤人员到场宣誓作证的权力,而这正是威尔士卫生大臣在入阁前曾承诺过的。威尔士党政府宣布将对前工党政府的疫情应对进行独立复盘,但未进一步透露复盘的具体形式。

The co-lead of Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice Cymru said the group was concerned the review would not have the power to call people to give evidence under oath, something Wales' health minister promised before entering government The Plaid Cymru government announced it would hold an independent review of the previous Labour administration's handling of the pandemic, but did not give further details of how it will take shape.

改革党表示,除全面公共调查外的任何形式都将是威尔士党“一次惊人的大掉头”。

Reform said anything other than a full public inquiry would be "a spectacular U-turn" from Plaid.

首席部长鲁恩·阿普·约沃斯为复盘辩护,称其目的“并非为了归责”,而是确保威尔士“万一再次遭遇大流行”时准备得更充分。

First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth defended the review, and said its aim was "not about apportioning blame" but ensuring Wales was better prepared "should a pandemic strike again".

前威尔士工党政府曾以“威尔士的疫情应对应置于英国整体背景下调查”为由,拒绝举行独立调查。

The previous Welsh Labour government refused to hold one, on the grounds that Wales' response to the pandemic should be investigated in a UK context.

现威尔士党政府表示,复盘将由效能与宪制大臣达菲德·特里斯特安·戴维斯牵头设立。

Now the government under Plaid Cymru said a review would be established by Dafydd Trystan Davies - the effectiveness and constitution minister.

周四,逝者家属团体联合负责人、86岁父亲因在养老院感染新冠去世的凯瑟琳·格里菲斯在接受BBC威尔士电台早餐节目采访时表示,复盘应具备法定权力。“我一点都不满意,”她说。

On Thursday Catherine Griffiths, co-lead of the bereaved families group and whose 86-year-old father died after contracting Covid in a care home, told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast the review should have statutory powers. "I'm not happy at all, actually," she said.

“六年来,威尔士党资深政客一直呼吁设立法定的威尔士新冠调查,我们不禁要问,为何他们的承诺似乎转向了复盘。“复盘和法定调查截然不同。我认为这将是公共资金的浪费。“要查明真相、界定责任、提出建议,调查必须具备法定地位。“否则,这只是临时安排。没有人有义务提供证据。”

"I mean for six years, senior Plaid politicians have been calling for a statutory Wales Covid inquiry, and we wonder why their commitment appears to have shifted towards a review. "They're very, very different beasts, a review and a statutory inquiry. I think it would be a waste of public money.

“我们将无法以一个团体的身份参与审查,而且看起来 Plaid 正在违背其竞选纲领的承诺。”威尔士卫生大臣马邦·阿普·格温福此前曾表示,他的政党将举行一项调查,届时证人将被强制宣誓作证。

"To establish what happened, identify responsibility and make recommendations, the inquiry needs to be statutory. "Otherwise, it's an ad hoc arrangement. No-one is obliged to provide evidence. "We would be unable to engage in a review as a group, and it would appear Plaid was going against its manifesto pledge."

在五月威尔士议会选举前两个月,时任 Plaid 卫生发言人的阿普·格温福表示,他的政党致力于在英国全国性调查未“充分”涵盖的领域举行一项“简短且精准的调查”。

Wales' Health Minister Mabon ap Gwynfor had previously stated his party would hold an inquiry that would see witnesses compelled to give evidence under oath. Two months before his party won May's Senedd election ap Gwynfor - then Plaid's health spokesperson - said his party was committed to holding a "short and precise inquiry" in areas not "adequately" covered by the UK-wide inquiry.

凯瑟琳·格里菲斯的父亲在疫情期间在一家养老院感染新冠后去世Catherine Griffiths' father died during the pandemic after getting Covid in a care home

但他表示,该调查将拥有“明确的职权范围和时间表”,而不会像英国的调查那样是全面的公共调查。

But he said it would have a "clear remit and timescale" and not be a full public inquiry like the one for the UK.

“公共调查的预期是,它是一个开放式的过程,拥有无限的资源和时间,”他在三月表示,审查的目的是“吸取我们在威尔士需要吸取的疫情教训”。

"The expectation with a public inquiry is that it is an open-ended process with unlimited resources and time," he said in March, and that the purpose of a review would be "to learn the lessons from the pandemic we need to learn here in Wales".

继威尔士政府周三晚间宣布后,改革党卫生发言人本杰明·霍奇·麦肯纳表示,该审查“很难掩盖 Plaid 对丧亲家庭违背承诺的事实”。

Following the government's announcement on Wednesday evening, Reform's health spokesperson Benjamin Hodge Mckenna said the review would "do little to paper over Plaid's broken promise to bereaved families".

“Plaid 承诺举行全面的威尔士新冠调查,如今却以一种惊人的方式反悔了,”他说,并补充道:“只有改革党值得信赖,能兑现我们的承诺。”阿普·约沃斯表示,威尔士政府已承诺“吸取威尔士此次新冠疫情的教训”。

"Plaid promised a full Welsh Covid inquiry, and have now U-turned in a spectacular way," he said, adding: "Only Reform can be trusted to deliver the things we promise." Ap Iorwerth said the Welsh government had promised to "learn the lessons of Covid here in Wales".

他告诉 BBC 威尔士:“这不是为了归咎责任”,而是为了确保如果再发生大流行,威尔士准备得更充分。

He told BBC Wales it was "not about apportioning blame" but about ensuring Wales was better prepared if another pandemic struck.

威尔士保守党卫生发言人娜塔莎·阿斯加尔表示,她期待对这段“非同寻常且令人痛苦”的时期进行审查。

Welsh Conservatives health spokeswoman, Natasha Asghar, said she looked forward to scrutiny of an "extraordinary and distressing" time.

“有一些棘手的问题需要解决,例如为何病毒被允许在养老院传播,以及为何威尔士政府采取了比英国其他地区更严厉的封锁措施,”阿斯加尔说。

"There are difficult questions that need addressing such as why the virus was allowed to spread in care homes and why the Welsh government took a more draconian approach to lockdowns compared to other parts of the UK," Asghar said.

宪制大臣戴维斯预计将在威尔士议会议员(MSs)11月秋季休会归来时,提供审查的详细情况。

Constitution minister Davies is expected to provide details of the review when Members of the Senedd (MSs) return from the autumn recess in November.

威尔士政府周三表示:“负责政府效能与宪法事务的内阁部长已同意设立独立的威尔士新冠疫情审查。“更多细节将适时公布。”

The Welsh government said on Wednesday: "The cabinet minister for government and effectiveness and the constitution has agreed to establish an independent Wales Covid-19 review. "Further details will be announced in due course."

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