UMongameli waseSri Lankan uMahinda Rajapaksa uthe eli xesha lonyaka lixesha lokucinga ngabantu abaninzi kwihlabathi liphela. "Kubantu baseSri Lanka kubuya iinkumbulo ezibuhlungu, kodwa okokuqala kwiminyaka emininzi ithemba eliqinisekileyo."
Umongameli waseSri Lankan ukhumbula ukuba ngomhla wama-26 kuDisemba 2004, “enye yeentlekele zemvelo ezimbi kakhulu kweli lizwe lethu yehlela ilizwe lethu kwaye sasifuna uncedo kunye nenye inkxaso evela kwihlabathi ngendlela engazange ibonwe.”
Ngokutsho kwakhe, itsunami eyabetha ubude kunxweme olusempuma yeSri Lanka yaza yasongela esi siqithi yaba nefuthe elibi. Kwimizuzwana nje, abantu abangaphezu kwama-30,000 baphulukana nobomi babo kwaye abangama-20,000 100,000 benzakala. Bangaphezu kwesiqingatha sesigidi abantu abaye bafuduswa bachitha amakhaya abo angaphezu kwe-XNUMX XNUMX. ”
Wongeze ngelithi abo basindileyo okanye abaze kuncedisa emva kwento, bevela ngaphesheya kweSri Lanka nakwamanye amazwe, ngekhe balulibale uloyiko olwenziwe lulwandle kweso siqithi ngala mini.
UMongameli uRajapaksa ukwathe: “Enkosi kakhulu ukuba ezo ziganeko zidlulileyo. Kwaye abantu basemantla nasempuma abasindayo kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe bakha kwakhona ubomi babo ngoncedo lwamazwe ngamazwe, ii-NGOs kunye ne-Arhente yoKwakha kwakhona kunye noPhuhliso lwaseSri Lanka (i-RADA), ekugqibeleni kunokuthiwa ikamva libambe isithembiso esikhulu. Kuba abantu bethu ngoku baphila ngaphandle kwesoyikiso sobugrogrisi okokuqala ngqa kwikota yenkulungwane.”
Wongezelela, oku kuvalwa kwesahluko kuya kuzisa ukuphuculwa komgangatho wobomi ngaphaya kweenkumbulo ezininzi zeSri Lankan eziphilayo. “Kwilizwe elilawule umndilili wokukhula koqoqosho ongaphezu kwe-6 yeepesenti ukususela ngo-2004, nangona kukho ubunzima, kucacile ukuba isithembiso sethu sibalulekile, into eqala ukuqondwa kumazwe ngamazwe.
"NgoJulayi urhulumente wakhupha i-US $ 500 yezigidi zeebhanki ezizimeleyo ezifumene eyona ntlawulo iphezulu kulo nyaka, ngaphezulu kwamaxesha ali-13 ebhalisile, ngelixa i-Fitch kunye ne-S & P zihlaziye iireyithingi zazo ukusuka kwezimbi ukuya kwezizinzileyo."
Ngokutsho kukamongameli, abahlalutyi ngoku bathetha ngovuyo ngeSri Lanka njengoko iSingapore elandelayo kunye neBhanki yethu Ephakathi ibeka izicwangciso ezibanzi zokwenza lo mbono ube yinyani. "Siqala ukubona iimali ezinkulu zotyalo-mali zingenisa imali elizweni, hayi njengesenzo sesisa, kodwa kuba bebona amandla avulwayo eSri Lanka."
Uqinisekisile ukuba kulo lonke elaseSri Lanka, iiprojekthi ezinkulu zeziseko zophuhliso ziyaqhubeka, ukusuka kulwakhiwo lelinye lawona mazibuko manzi anzulu kumanzi oLwandlekazi lwaseIndiya, eHambontota emazantsi, ukusekwa kweTrincomalee Investment kunye neZokhenketho emantla mpuma. Ngaphambili sisembindini weendawo zethu ezinengxaki, iTrincomalee ngoku iphawulwe njengeyona ndawo iphambili yorhwebo kunye nomzi mveliso kumazantsi eAsia.
Kwakhona wagxininisa kubasebenzi baseSri Lanka. “Ngaphezu koko abantu baseSri Lanka banetalente. Amandla ethu njengendawo yokuthumela abantu ngaphandle sele eqatshelwe kwaye kufuneka ujonge kuphela impumelelo yeDiaspora yethu, oogqirha kunye neenjineli, amagqwetha kunye nabacwangcisi-mali, ukuze wazi ukuba ngawaphi amandla abantu bethu abanawo. ”
Kwaye ngelixa umongameli waseSri Lankan ekhankanya ilizwe lakhe "ishishini lempahla ephumelelayo" kunye "nobuninzi obungasetyenziswanga kwiindawo zethu zezolimo ezichumileyo, ngakumbi emantla," ugxininise kakhulu ushishino lwezokhenketho lwelizwe lakhe. Wathi: “Kwaye kukho ukhenketho. Iindwendwe zaphesheya zihlala zithontelana ukuya eSri Lanka, kodwa zange kumanani ebesinokuwafumana ngaphandle kwesoyikiso sobunqolobi. Njengoko oku kusekupheleni, sizibekele usukelo lonyaka lokundwendwela abazizigidi ezi-2.5 ngo-2016.
Equkumbeleni, wathi: “Ngoko, iminyaka emihlanu ukususela kwiziganeko ezimanyumnyezi zika-2004, ngoku ngokwenene lixesha elichulumancisayo kwilizwe lethu. Senza umhlaba wamathuba kubo bonke abantu baseSri Lanka kwaye akukho mntu uya kusala ngasemva. Uncedo aluseyonto iphambili kuthi. Sinikezela ngamathuba otyalo-mali, isiqithi sobuhle nenzolo ekufuneka sinanditshwe, singasizelwa.”
Ingxelo yomongameli waseSri Lankan iza ngexesha apho inyikima eHaiti ngoku ilawula ihlabathi leendaba. Nangona, engazange avume ngokuthe ngqo iziganeko ezibuhlungu eHaiti, ingxelo yakhe bubungqina bokuba ukomelela kwendawo ekusingise kuyo kunempembelelo ekuchacheni iintlekele zendalo.
