A Brief Colonial History Of Ceylon(SriLanka)
Sri Lanka: One Island Two Nations
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?????????????????????????????????????????????????Saturday, May 13, 2017
Sri Lanka: Why Should I Give up US citizenship — Gota
( May 12, 2017, Colombo, Sri Lanka Guardian) Former
defence secretary – Gotabhaya Rajapaksa says he will not give up his US
citizenship as he has not decided to enter active politics.
Mr. Rajapaksa was responding to the Sri Lanka Mirror, a
Colombo based news portal, with regard to several reports citing that
he had decided to give up his US citizenship with the intention of
running for the 2020 Presidential election.
The reports also cited that several businessmen close to him are already
working on the matter as it would take a lengthy time to revoke the
citizenship.
‘My family members are currently living in the US which means that I’ll
have to travel to the US often. I also receive a pension which will be
lost if I give up my citizenship. Further I have not taken any decision
to enter active politics. So, I have no intention of giving up my US
citizenship,’ he said.
He further added that despite speculations made by certain reports,
revoking the citizenship is not a complex process that takes years to
process. It only takes around 2 weeks after a filing a formal request
with the US embassy, he said.