Chairman of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), Prof. G. L. Peiris says former Defence Secretary and the party’s presidential hopeful Gotabaya Rajapaksa has received a letter from the US government acknowledging that he has renounced his US citizenship.
Prof. Peiris has said that Rajapaksa had submitted all relevant documents to the US State Department to renounce his US citizenship in the month of April and that the US had sent a letter accepting his application.
“We have that letter with us,” he has said.
Rajapaksa’s renunciation of his US citizenship has caused much controversy due to the question of whether the letter of acceptance of renunciation documents could be considered as the renunciation of his American citizenship.
However, Prof. Peiris maintains that Rajapaksa is no more a US citizen and that he has obtained a Sri Lankan passport.
Nevertheless, the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) is investigating into several complaints received on the alleged “criminal activity” that has taken place in issuing Rajapaksa’s new Sri Lankan passport.
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