11 May 2020 12:09 am
The U.S. Embassy confirmed that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa renounced his U.S. citizenship in April 2019.
In response to a query by Daily Mirror, an embassy spokesman said yesterday President Rajapaksa was no longer a U.S. citizen. “I can confirm that Gotabaya Rajapaksa renounced his U.S. citizenship in April 2019. He is no longer a U.S. citizen,” the spokesman said. The President’s name appeared in the Federal register that lists out those who renounced the citizenship.
Normally it takes time for a name of an individual to appear upon renunciation of his citizenship.