UMphathiswa wezoKhenketho waseJamaica, oHloniphekileyo. U-Edmund Bartlett, namhlanje (nge-21 kaFebruwari 2018) utyelele iNew York Stock Exchange, eWall Street, ukuba athathe inxaxheba kuthotho lweentlanganiso kunye nothethathethwano namajelo eendaba ukukhuthaza imveliso yokhenketho yaseJamaica njengeyona ndawo ifanelekileyo yotyalo-mali.
UMphathiswa udize ukuba kukho ukwanda okuphawulekayo komsebenzi ovela eWall Street, ochaphazela ukukhula kokhenketho kwiCaribbean. Kwakhona wabelana ngokuba kukho umdla okhulayo kwihlabathi jikelele lokutyala imali eJamaica, ngenxa yophuculo oluphawulweyo kuqoqosho lwelizwe.
“Utyelelo lwam apha kukuqinisekisa ngakumbi olo nxibelelwano kunye nokuqhubeka ndibeka ingongoma yokuba utyalo-mali lwezokhenketho ngoku luyashenxa kwiziseko zosapho kunye nolingano lwabucala lusiya kwindawo yoluntu. Oku kuvumela iqela elikhulu labantu ukuba babe ngabanini beshishini lezokhenketho ngokusebenzisa iimarike zentengiso kunye nemisebenzi yayo. Ke ngoko ndibongoza abantu abaninzi baseJamaica ukuba babe ngabanini bokhenketho, utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.
UMnu. Bartlett waqaphela ukuba umdla weWall Street kukhenketho kufuneka ungothuki njengoko ixabiso lokhenketho kwihlabathi liyi-US $ 7.6 yetriliyoni. Uye waphawula ukuba ishishini ngoku lilelona libini linegalelo elibalulekileyo kwi-GDP yehlabathi, emele ezinye iipesenti ezili-10 eziphantse zibe zizigidi ezingama-400 eziqeshwe kwicandelo. Oku kuthetha ukuba malunga ne-11 lepesenti yabantu abaqeshiweyo kwihlabathi jikelele bakushishino lwezokhenketho.
“Ukhenketho luhambe umgama omde malunga nokuqondwa njengomqhubi wemisebenzi yezoqoqosho kwihlabathi jikelele, umyili wemisebenzi elungileyo kunye nonobangela wenguqu nophuhliso loqoqosho kumazwe amancinci naphakathi. Ngokwenene sesinye sezona ntshukumo zoqoqosho zikhula ngokukhawuleza kwihlabathi namhlanje,” utshilo uMphathiswa.
UMphathiswa uBartlett ngoku undwendwela isiXeko saseNew York ukuze abandakanyeke kuthotho lweentlanganiso zobuchule kunye namahlakani okhenketho kunye namalungu eDiaspora.
Ukhatshwa nguMlawuli osandula kuqeshwa wezoKhenketho, uDonovan White kunye noMcebisi oMkhulu kunye noGqirha woBuchule kwiSebe lezoKhenketho, uDelano Seiveright. Eli qela kulindeleke ukuba libuyele esiqithini nge-23 kaFebruwari 2018.
