BEIRUT - Umphathiswa wezoKhenketho uFaddi Abboud ngoLwesibini uthe ulindele ukuba inani labakhenkethi eLebhanon lifikelele kwizigidi ezibini ekupheleni kuka-2009. Kwingxelo kumaphephandaba, u-Abboud uthe eli nani linokunyuka ngakumbi kwixesha elizayo ukuba isicwangciso sokhenketho esizinzileyo yamkelwa ngurhulumente.
ILebhanon ibone inani elirekhodiweyo leendwendwe zaseLebhanon, ama-Arabhu kunye naseYurophu kweli hlotyeni, ngaphandle kokudodobala kokudodobala koqoqosho lwehlabathi okuthe kwabetha i-EU kunye namazwe atyebileyo eGulf.
Ukhenketho lumele isixa esikhulu seGDP yelizwe.
U-Abboud, usomashishini ngokweziqhelo, ukholelwa ekubeni abakhenkethi banokuhendelwa ukuba bandwendwele ilizwe iintsuku ezingama-365 ngonyaka ngo-2010 ukuba isicwangciso esifanelekileyo nesinobungqina obupheleleyo sokukhuthaza ukhenketho samkelwe.
"Abakhenkethi baseArabhu bamele ngoku iipesenti ezingama-50 zeendwendwe eziya eLebhanon kwaye ziye zaba yeyona nto iqhuba ushishino lokhenketho apha," utshilo u-Abboud.
Wongeze ngelithi uninzi lwabakhenkethi lufikile kwinyanga yoMnga kwaye bajonge ukuchitha iKrisimesi kunye noNyaka oMtsha eBeirut nasezintabeni.
Wongezelela ukuba abantu baseYurophu ngoku bamele i-21 yeepesenti yenani leendwendwe eziya eLebhanon kwaye eli linani elibalulekileyo.
U-Abboud ukwalathe ukunyuka okukhulu kwenani labakhenkethi abavela kwiMpuma Ekude, ngakumbi abasuka eTshayina.
Umphathiswa uthe abakhenkethi abaninzi abakumgangatho ophakathi abavela eYurophu naseAsia baye kwiikonsathi zomculo eLebhanon ngexesha lehlobo.