Iziseko zophuhliso ezikhulisa ukukhula zihlawulwa kumgibe wamatyala eBeijing smears, abahlalutyi bathi
Iiprojekthi eziqhutywe phantsi kweChina-ecetywayo iBelt and Road Initiative ziye zakhulisa uphuhliso loqoqosho lwaseSri Lanka, ngempumelelo yabo ibeka amabango obuxoki okuba uncedo lubambisa amazwe ematyaleni aphezulu, abahlalutyi bathi.
Ngokuchasene nengxelo eqhutywe ngabagxeki baseBeijing kwinto ebizwa ngokuba ngumgibe wetyala, uncedo lwaseChina luye lwaba ngumqhubi wokukhula koqoqosho lwexesha elide lamazwe athatha inxaxheba kwi-BRI, abahlalutyi bathi.ESri Lanka, iiprojekthi zesiXeko sase-Colombo Port kunye ne-Hambantota Port, kunye nokwakhiwa kwe-Southern Expressway, ziphakathi kwemisebenzi emikhulu eyayanyaniswa nenkqubo yokomeleza iziseko zophuhliso.
Izibuko laseColombo libekwe kwindawo yama-22 kuluhlu lwehlabathi lwamazibuko kulo nyaka.Ithumele ukukhula kweepesenti ezi-6 kumthamo wempahla ephathwayo, kwirekhodi ye-7.25 yezigidi ezingamashumi amabini aneeyunithi ezilinganayo ngo-2021, amajelo achaza i-Sri Lanka Ports Authority njengoko ethetha ngoMvulo.
Umphathi wezikhulu zezibuko, uPrasantha Jayamanna, uxelele iDaily FT, iphephandaba laseSri Lankan, ukuba umsebenzi owandisiweyo uyakhuthaza, kwaye uMongameli uGotabaya Rajapaksa uthe ufuna izibuko lingene kwi-15 ephezulu kumazinga ehlabathi ngo-2025.
I-Colombo Port City ijongwa njengendawo yokuhlala ephambili, ukuthengisa kunye nendawo yoshishino eMzantsi Asia, kunye neChina Harbour Engineering Company eyenza imisebenzi, kuquka nesiqithi sokwenziwa.
"Lo mhlaba ubuyiselweyo unika iSri Lanka ithuba lokudweba kwakhona imephu kunye nokwakha isixeko somgangatho wehlabathi kunye nokusebenza kunye nokukhuphisana neDubai okanye iSingapore," uSaliya Wickramasuriya, ilungu leKomishoni yezoQoqosho yeSixeko saseColombo, uxelele amajelo eendaba.
Inzuzo enkulu
Ngokuphathelele iZibuko leHambantota, ukuba kufutshane kwiindlela ezinkulu zolwandle kuthetha ukuba yeyona nto iluncedo kule projekthi.
Inkulumbuso yaseSri Lankan uMahinda Rajapaksa uye wabulela i-China "ngexesha elide kunye nenkxaso enkulu kuphuhliso lwezoqoqosho nentlalontle yelizwe".
Ngelizwe elifuna ukuchacha kwiziphumo zobhubhane, abagxeki base China baphinde bathi iSri Lanka ibotshelelwe ngeemali mboleko ezibiza kakhulu, abanye bebiza iiprojekthi ezincediswa yiTshayina ngeendlovu ezimhlophe.
USirimal Abeyratne, uprofesa wezoqoqosho kwiYunivesithi yaseColombo, utshele iChina Daily ukuba iSri Lanka yavula imarike yebhondi kwi-investment yangaphandle kwi-2007, kwaye malunga nexesha elifanayo yaqala ukuboleka kwezorhwebo, "okungenanto yakwenza nemali-mboleko yaseTshayina".
I-China ibambe iipesenti ezili-10 zelizwe lasesiqithini kwi-35 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kumatyala angaphandle ngo-Epreli ka-2021, ngokwedatha evela kwiSebe leMithombo yaNgaphandle laseSri Lanka, kunye neJapan nayo ibalwa malunga neepesenti ezili-10.I-China ngumbolekisi wesine ngobukhulu eSri Lanka, emva kweemarike zemali zamazwe ngamazwe, iBhanki yoPhuhliso lwase-Asia kunye ne-Japan.
Inyaniso yokuba i-China iye yakhethwa kwingxelo yabagxeki betyala-trap ibonisa indlela abazama ngayo ukugxeka iChina kunye neeprojekthi ze-BRI kummandla we-Asia-Pacific, utshilo uWang Peng, umphandi kwiZiko leZifundo zaseMelika kunye IYunivesithi yaseZhejiang International Studies.
Ngokutsho kweWorld Bank neInternational Monetary Fund, ilizwe lidlulela ngaphaya komngcipheko ukuba ityala lalo langaphandle lingaphezu kwama-40 ekhulwini engeniso yelizwe.
"Amandla e-Sri Lanka okuphuhlisa njenge-logistics yengingqi kunye ne-hub yokuthumela ukuvuna inzuzo ye-BRI yagxininiswa kakhulu," uSamitha Hettige, umcebisi weKomishoni yeMfundo yeSizwe yaseSri Lanka, wabhala kwinkcazo eCeylon Namhlanje.
Ixesha lokuposa: Mar-18-2022