UNdunankulu waseSri Lanka osanda kuqokwa uRanil Wickremesinghe umemezele namuhla ukuthi uhlela ukuphakamisa isabelomali esisha sokusiza okuyisipesheli esizongena esikhundleni sesabelomali esigxile entuthukweni esagunyazwe ngaphambilini.
U-Wickremesinghe uqokwe uMengameli waseSri Lanka uGotabaya Rajapaksa njengondunankulu omusha ngoLwesine olwedlule emzamweni wokunqanda isimo esishubile sezombusazwe nezomnotho.
NgokukaNdunankulu u-Wickremesinghe, isabelomali esisha esihlongozwayo sizoqondisa kabusha izimali ebezihlelelwe ukuthuthukiswa kwengqalasizinda kwezenhlalakahle yomphakathi esikhundleni salokho.
Ukwenza kube yimfihlo umthwali wefulegi kazwelonke owenza ukulahlekelwa, SriLankan Airlines, kungaba yingxenye ebalulekile yezinguquko okuhloswe ngazo ukuxazulula inkinga yezomnotho embi kunazo zonke eseminyakeni edlule, kusho u-Wickremesinghe.
ISriLankan Airlines, ebiphethwe yi-Emirates Airlines kusuka ngo-1998 kuya ku-2008, kubikwa ukuthi ilahlekelwe cishe izigidi ezingama- $123 ngonyaka wezimali ka-2020-2021, ophele ngoMashi, kanti ukulahleka kwayo sekukonke kudlule isigidigidi esi-1 kusukela ngoMashi 2021.
“Ngisho noma sithengisa iSriLankan Izindiza ezizimele, lokhu kuwukulahlekelwa okufanele sikuthwale. Kumele nazi ukuthi lokhu ukulahlekelwa okumele kuthwalwe ngisho nangabantu abahlwempu bakuleli abangakaze bayinyathele indiza,” kusho uNdunankulu.
UNdunankulu ukuvumile lokho i-Sri LankaIsimo sezimali sibi kangangokuthi uhulumeni uye waphoqeleka ukuba aphrinte imali ukuze akhokhele abasebenzi bakahulumeni futhi athenge ezinye izimpahla nemisebenzi.
U-Wickremesinghe uthe imali elinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-75 zamarandi iyadingeka ngokushesha ukusiza abantu ngezinto ezibalulekile, kodwa umgcinimafa wezwe udonsa kanzima ukuthola ngisho ibhiliyoni elilodwa lamadola.
Sekuphele izinyanga abantu baseSri Lanka bephoqeleka ukuthi bahlale kolayini abade bethenga izinto ezidingekayo ezivela kwamanye amazwe ezifana nemithi, amafutha, igesi yokupheka nokudla ngenxa yokushoda okukhulu kwemali yakwamanye amazwe. Imali kahulumeni nayo yehlile.
Ugatsha lwezemali eSri Lanka luthi okwamanje ilizwe lilemali eyizigidi ezingamatshumi amabili lanhlanu zamadollar-$25 million kuphela ezigciniweyo ezisetshenziswa kwamanye amazwe.
ISri Lanka isicishe yaqothuka futhi isimise ukukhokha imali ebolekiwe elinganiselwa ezigidini eziyisi-7 zamarandi okumele ikhokhelwe kulo nyaka emalini eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-25 zamaRandi okumele ikhokhwe ngo-2026. Isikweletu sangaphandle sezwe siphelele ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-51.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Kumele nikwazi ukuthi lokhu wukulahlekelwa okumele kuthwalwe ngisho nangabantu abahlwempu bakuleli abangakaze bayinyathele indiza,”.
- UNdunankulu uvumile ukuthi isimo sezimali saseSri Lanka sibi kangangokuthi uhulumeni usephoqeleke ukuba anyathelise imali ukuze akhokhele abasebenzi bakahulumeni futhi athenge ezinye izimpahla nemisebenzi.
- ISri Lanka isicishe yaqothuka futhi isimise ukukhokha imali ebolekiwe elinganiselwa ku- $7 billion wemali mboleko yangaphandle okufanele ikhokhelwe kulo nyaka emalini eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-25 zamaRandi okumele ikhokhwe ngo-2026.
