Okuzenzakalelayo: I-Sri Lanka imisa zonke izinkokhelo esikweletini sayo sangaphandle 

Umbusi osanda kubekwa ebhange laseSri Lankan, uNandalal Weerasinghe, umemezele ngesikhathi kunesithangami namuhla ukuthi iSri Lanka izomisa zonke izinkokhelo zayo zonke izikweletu zayo zangaphandle njengoba ukuncipha kwamadola adingeka kakhulu ukuthenga ukudla namafutha.

Ukukhokhwa kwesikweletu sangaphandle sezwe laseNingizimu ne-Asia kuzomiswa “isikhashana,” kusalindwe ukukhululwa yi-International Monetary Fund (IMF), kwengeza u-Weerasinghe.

“Sifike esimeni lapho amandla okukhokhela izikweletu zethu ephansi kakhulu. Kungakho sinqume ukuthi sithathe isinqumo sokungakhokhi,” kumemezela umphathi webhange elikhulu.

"Kudingeka sigxile ekuthengeni okubalulekile kwamanye amazwe futhi singakhathazeki ngokukhokhela izikweletu zangaphandle," kusho u-Weerasinghe, echaza ukuthi izwe lihlose ukwenzani ngamadola alo asele.

I-Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance esitatimendeni uthe iSri Lanka izithole ikulesi simo esibi kangaka ngenxa "yemiphumela yobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 kanye nokuqubuka kwezingxabano e-Ukraine."

ISri Lanka bekufanele yenze imali engaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine zamaRandi ezikweletini zakwamanye amazwe kulo nyaka, okuhlanganisa no-$4 bhiliyoni ngoJulayi, kodwa izimali zayo zangaphandle bezimi cishe ku-$1 billion ngoMashi.

Abakweletwayo bezwe leziqhingi, okuhlanganisa nohulumeni bangaphandle, babekhululekile ukwenza noma yiziphi izinkokhelo zenzalo okufanele bazikhokhe noma bakhethe ukubuyisela ngama-rupees aseSri Lankan, ngokusho koMnyango Wezezimali waseSri Lankan.

i-Sri Lanka ibone igagasi lemibhikisho enodlame kusukela maphakathi no-Mashi njengoba izinkulungwane zingena emigwaqweni zizwakalisa intukuthelo ngokushoda kokudla kanye nophethiloli phakathi nokwehla kwamandla emali okurekhodiwe.

Isimo somnotho esinzima sawohloka nakakhulu ngenxa yezinkinga zezombangazwe. Esontweni eledlule, uhulumeni wezwe wesulile esikhundleni, uMengameli uGotabaya Rajapaksa nomfowabo omdala undunankulu, uMahinda Rajapaksa, okuyibona bodwa abagcine izikhundla zabo, bezabalaza ukwakha ikhabhinethi entsha.