Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke kiaʻāina panakō ʻo Sri Lanka hou, ʻo Nandalal Weerasinghe, i ka wā pōkole i kēia lā e hoʻopau ʻo Sri Lanka i nā uku a pau o kāna ʻaiʻē ʻē aʻe no ka mea ʻoi loa ka emi ʻana o nā kālā e kūʻai i ka meaʻai a me ka wahie.
E hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā uku ma ka ʻāina ʻē aʻe o ʻAsia Hema "ma kahi manawa pōkole," e kali ana i kahi bailout mai ka International Monetary Fund (IMF), ua hoʻohui ʻo Weerasinghe.
"Ua hiki mai mākou i kahi kūlana i haʻahaʻa loa ka hiki ke lawelawe i kā mākou aie. ʻO ia ke kumu i hoʻoholo ai mākou e hele no ka preemptive default, "i hoʻolaha ai ke kiaʻāina panakō waena hou.
"Pono mākou e noʻonoʻo i nā mea lawe mai a ʻaʻole hopohopo e pili ana i ka lawelawe ʻana i nā aie o waho," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Weerasinghe, e wehewehe ana i ka mea a ka ʻāina i manaʻo ai e hana me kāna mau kālā i koe.
ʻO Sri Lankan Ke Kuhina Waiwai Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia i loko o kahi ʻōlelo ua loaʻa ʻo Sri Lanka iā ia iho i loko o kahi kūlana weliweli ma muli o ka "hopena o ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 a me ka hāʻule ʻana mai nā hakakā ma Ukraine."
Pono ʻo Sri Lanka e hana i kahi $ 4 biliona i nā uku hōʻaiʻē haole i kēia makahiki, me ka $ 1 biliona i Iulai, akā aia kona mau ʻāina ʻē ma kahi o $ 1.93 biliona wale nō ma Malaki.
ʻO nā mea hōʻaiʻē o ka mokupuni, me nā aupuni ʻē aʻe, ua kūʻokoʻa lākou e hoʻonui i nā uku ukupanee ma muli o lākou a i ʻole ke koho ʻana i ka uku i nā rupees Sri Lanka, e like me ke Kuhina Waiwai o Sri Lanka.
Sililanaka ua ʻike i ka nalu o nā kūʻē kūʻē mai ka waena o Malaki ma ke ʻano he mau tausani i hele i nā alanui e hōʻike i ka huhū e pili ana i ka nele o ka meaʻai a me ka wahie ma waena o ka hoʻonui kālā.
Ua hoʻopilikia hou ʻia ke kūlana hoʻokele waiwai e ka pilikia politika. He pule i hala aku nei, ua haʻalele ke aupuni o ka ʻāina, me ka Pelekikena Gotabaya Rajapaksa a me kona kaikuaʻana ke kuhina nui, ʻo Mahinda Rajapaksa, ʻo lākou wale nō ka mea e mālama i kā lākou mau kūlana, e hakakā nei e kūkulu i kahi ʻaha Kuhina hou.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance said in a statement that Sri Lanka has found itself in such a dire situation due to the “effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the fallout from the hostilities in Ukraine.
- Ua hoʻolaha ʻia ke kiaʻāina panakō ʻo Sri Lanka hou, ʻo Nandalal Weerasinghe, i ka wā pōkole i kēia lā e hoʻopau ʻo Sri Lanka i nā uku a pau o kāna ʻaiʻē ʻē aʻe no ka mea ʻoi loa ka emi ʻana o nā kālā e kūʻai i ka meaʻai a me ka wahie.
- The island nation's creditors, including foreign governments, were free to capitalize any interest payments due to them or opt for payback in Sri Lankan rupees, according to Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance.
