Ua hoʻolaha ʻo ke Kuhina Nui hou o Sri Lanka ʻo Ranil Wickremesinghe i kēia lā e hoʻolālā ana ʻo ia e hoʻolālā i kahi waihona kālā kōkua kūikawā hou e pani ai i ka waihona kālā hoʻomohala i ʻae ʻia ma mua.
Ua koho ʻia ʻo Wickremesinghe e ka Pelekikena o Sri Lanka ʻo Gotabaya Rajapaksa i kuhina nui hou i ka Pōʻalima i hala ma ke ʻano e pale aku i ka pilikia politika a me ka hoʻokele waiwai o ka lāhui.
Wahi a PM Wickremesinghe, e kuhikuhi hou ka waihona kālā hou i nā kālā i hoʻonohonoho mua ʻia no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā ʻoihana i ka pono o ka lehulehu.
Ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka mea lawe hae aupuni pohō o ka ʻāina, SriLankan Airlines, he ʻāpana koʻikoʻi ia o nā hoʻoponopono e pili ana i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka pilikia hoʻokele waiwai ʻino loa o ka ʻāina i nā makahiki, ua hoʻohui ʻo Wickremesinghe.
ʻO SriLankan Airlines, ka mea i mālama ʻia e Emirates Airlines mai 1998 a 2008, ua hōʻike ʻia ua nalowale ma kahi o $ 123 miliona i ka makahiki fiscal 2020-2021, i pau i Malaki, a ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā poho ma mua o $ 1 biliona ma Malaki 2021.
"Inā mākou e hoʻokaʻawale iā SriLankan Airlines, he poho kēia e pono ai mākou e amo. Pono ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo he pohō kēia e pono ke hoʻokō ʻia e ka poʻe ʻilihune o kēia ʻāina ʻaʻole i hehi i ka mokulele," wahi a ke Kuhina Nui.
Ua ʻae ke Kuhina Nui SililanakaUa ʻilihune loa ke kūlana kālā a ua koi ʻia ke aupuni e paʻi i ke kālā no ka uku ʻana i ka uku o nā limahana aupuni a kūʻai aku i nā waiwai a me nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wickremesinghe e pili ana i $ 75 biliona e koi koke ʻia e kōkua i ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā poʻe me nā mea pono, akā paʻakikī ka waihona kālā o ka ʻāina e loaʻa iā $1 biliona.
No nā mahina, ua koi ʻia ka poʻe Sri Lanka e kali i nā laina lōʻihi e kūʻai i nā mea pono i lawe ʻia mai e like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ka wahie, ke kinoea kuke a me ka meaʻai no ka hapa nui o ke kālā haole. Ua hāʻule pū ka loaʻa kālā o ke aupuni.
Ua ʻōlelo ke Kuhina Waiwai o Sri Lanka he $25 miliona wale nō ka ʻāina i nā waihona ʻāina ʻē.
Kokoke ʻo Sri Lanka i ka panakalupa a ua hoʻokuʻu i ka uku ʻana ma kahi o $7 biliona i nā hōʻaiʻē haole i kēia makahiki mai ka $25 biliona e uku ʻia e 2026. ʻO ka nui o ka ʻaiʻē haole o ka ʻāina he $51 biliona.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- You must be aware that this is a loss that must be borne even by the poor people of this country who have never stepped on an airplane,”.
- Prime Minister acknowledged that Sri Lanka's financial state is so poor that the government has been forced to print money to pay the salaries of government workers and buy other goods and services.
- Sri Lanka is nearly bankrupt and has suspended repayment of about $7 billion in foreign loans due this year out of $25 billion to be repaid by 2026.
