ISri Lanka ayizange ifinyelele lapho ibibheke khona ngonyaka wezi-2018 kubantu abafika kwezokuvakasha uNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha eSri Lanka uJohn Amaratunga usole inselelo yezepolitiki ngo-Okthoba.
ISri Lanka yangena enxushunxushwini ngesikhathi undunankulu wayo ethathelwa isikhundla ngowayengumongameli owayehlanganiswa nokwephulwa kwamalungelo abantu. Ukuguqulwa okungazelelwe kokuqapha kungaba nomthelela ekwenziweni kwemigomo nasekuthembekeni kwezebhizinisi ngesikhathi senkinga yezomnotho, kusunduza izwe laseNingizimu Asia elingenamali liseduze naseBeijing.
Ungqongqoshe utshele abezindaba bakule ndawo ukuthi: “Sihlelelwe kancane yizibalo zabavakashi ezifika ezigidini ezi-2.5 ngonyaka odlule, yize sinezibalo ezengeziwe zezivakashi emasontweni ambalwa edlule kaDisemba. Inhloso yalo nyaka ilahlekile ikakhulu ngenxa yokungazinzi kwezepolitiki esikubonile ngemuva komhla zingama-26 ku-Okthoba. Kodwa-ke, ngicabanga ukuthi ngokwezimali esesizifinyelele sesifinyelele kwesibekelwe u- $ 3.5 billion. ”
Imininingwane ephelele ka-2018 kulindeleke kuleli sonto, izivakashi ezifika ezinyangeni eziyi-11 zokuqala zikhuphuke ngo-11% zaya ku-2.08 million. Imali etholwe ngabezokuvakasha ngoSepthemba inyuke ngo-2.8% yaya ezigidini ezingama-276 ngonyaka, imali etholwayo ibalelwa ezigidini ezingama-3.2 zamarandi, yathumela ukukhula okungu-11.2% ezinyangeni eziyisishiyagalolunye zokuqala zonyaka wezi-2018, kusho iCentral Bank embikweni wayo wakamuva we-External Performance Report.
Ngo-2017, iSri Lanka yaqopha izinga layo eliphakeme kunawo wonke elingu-2,116,407 ngo-2017, okuthumela ukukhula okuncane okungu-3.2%, kuyilapho imali yezokuvakasha inyuke ngamaphesenti afanayo kuya esiqongweni sesikhathi sonke esingu- $ 3.63 billion.
UNgqongqoshe uthe ukube bekungekho ngenxa yezinxushunxushu zezepolitiki, iSri Lanka ibizofinyelela lapho ibibekelwe ukufika kule sizini enkulu, izwe liphinde labekwa endaweni yokuqala yabavakashi ngonyaka ka-2019 yiLonely Planet.
Naphezu kokulahleka ngokuphindaphindiwe kwenhloso yokufika eyizigidi ezi-2.5 kusukela ngo-2016, u-Amaratunga wayenethemba elikhulu lokuthi iSri Lanka izokwamukela izivakashi eziyizigidi ezine futhi ikhiqize imali engaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-5 ngasekupheleni kwalo nyaka.
