Izinxushunxushu kuleli sonto eledlule zilahlekisele umnotho waseLebanon imali elinganiselwa ku-$600 million futhi isibalo singase sikhuphuke njengoba kuqhubeka umshikashika wezepolitiki, kusho ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha kuleliya lizwe.
"Kuyinhlekelele ngoba besizilungiselela isizini ethembisayo naphezu kwezinkinga zezepolitiki," kusho uJoe Sarkis engxoxweni abe nayo eBeirut namuhla. “Uma izinto zingabuyeli kwesejwayelekile ngokushesha, njengoba manje sesiphakathi noMeyi, kusho ukuthi sizolahlekelwa ngomunye unyaka wesizini.”
Ingxabano phakathi koshayasibhamu abadlelana neqembu eliphikisayo eliholwa yiHezbollah kanye nabasekeli bakaNdunankulu waseWestern Fouad Siniora yaqubuka ngoMeyi 7. Lokhu kungqubuzana kwenzeka ngemva kokuba uhulumeni exoshe isikhulu sezokuphepha esikhumulweni sezindiza samazwe ngamazwe saseBeirut kulandela ukutholakala kohlelo lokuhlola ngogesi olusetshenziswa yiqembu. Shiite Hezbollah iqembu ukuqapha izindiza.
Umholi we-Hezbollah u-Hassan Nasrallah, iqembu lakhe elalwa impi yezinsuku ezingu-33 ne-Israel ngo-2006, uthe uhlelo lwayo lwezokuxhumana luyadingeka ukuvikela iLebanon ekuhlaselweni yi-Israel. Uhulumeni izolo ukuchithile ukuvinjelwa kwenethiwekhi yezingcingo kanye nohlelo lokugada esikhumulweni sezindiza.
ILebanon ilahlekelwe yimali ngenxa yokuvalwa kwesikhumulo sezindiza, ukumiswa kwezindiza kanye nokuhoxiswa kokubhuka kwezivakashi, kusho uSarkis. Isikhumulo sezindiza sisavaliwe.
Ayikho Isizini Ejwayelekile
“Ezikhathini ezijwayelekile singabheka imali etholwa kwezokuvakasha kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali okuhlobene cishe ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine ngonyaka,” kusho uSarkis. “Kusukela ngempi kaJulayi 4 ne-Israel asizange sibe nenkathi evamile yezokuvakasha.”
Udweshu lwango-2006 lwaqala ngemuva kokuthi iHezbollah ishaqe amasosha amabili akwa-Israel ngesikhathi igasela emngceleni. Impi yashiya i-1,100 yaseLebanon efile kanye ne-163 yama-Israel.
Inqubekela phambili yezomnotho ezweni nayo ilinyazwe wukushuba kwesimo sezepolitiki okwezinyanga eziyi-18 phakathi komfelandawonye obusayo osekela iNtshonalanga kanye namaqembu aphikisayo asekelwa iSyria. ILebanon ibilokhu ingenaye inhloko yezwe kusukela ngomhlaka-23 Nov., ngesikhathi u-Emile Lahoud owayesekelwa yiSyria eshiya isikhundla ekupheleni kwesikhathi sakhe. Amalungu ePhalamende ahlulekile ukukhetha umengameli omusha izikhathi ezingu-19.
Umnotho ukhule wafinyelela kumaphesenti ama-4 ngonyaka odlule, kusho uNgqongqoshe wezeziMali uJihad Azour engxoxweni yangoMashi 2. Umnotho wema ngonyaka odlule futhi wakhula ngephesenti elilodwa ngo-1, ngesikhathi kubulawa owayenguNdunankulu uRafiq Hariri.
Ezokuvakasha
Ukuhlala kwabantu emahhotela e-Beirut kwehle kwafinyelela kumaphesenti angama-38 ngo-2007 kusuka kumaphesenti angama-48.6 ngo-2006, ngokocwaningo lwemboni yamahhotela eMiddle East olwenziwa yiDeloitte & Touche.
"Ezokuvakasha zibaluleke kakhulu njengoba zingenye yemithombo eyinhloko yokuthola imali yakwamanye amazwe," kusho uNassib Ghobril, inhloko yocwaningo eByblos Bank. "Kuzothatha isikhathi ukwakha kabusha ukuzethemba njengoba ukungaqiniseki okuqhubekayo kungenza ngisho nabangaphandle baseLebanon bangabaze ngalesi sikhathi."
Ngaphambi kokugqashuka kwempi yombango yaseLebanon yango-1975-1990, ezokuvakasha zazimele cishe amaphesenti angama-20 esamba somkhiqizo wasekhaya wezwe, kusho uSarkis.
"Ngiyethemba ngomzamo wabameli beligi yama-Arab eLebanon manje, sizothola izici ezinhle futhi singabuya sizosindisa isizini yasehlobo," kusho uSarkis.
Ithimba le-Arab League elinamalungu angu-22 liseLebanon lizama ukudambisa ukungqubuzana ngokucindezela zonke izinhlangothi ukuthi zibuyele ezingxoxweni futhi ziyalele abalandeli bazo ukuthi bagweme udlame.
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