August list of those who relinquished American citizenship out -- Gotabhaya's name missing!

August list of those who relinquished American citizenship out -- Gotabhaya's name missing!

Today's (15) Daily News newspaper has reported that Presidential candidate Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's name is not mentioned in the latest announcement of United States of America of those who lost their American citizenship or was invalidated. This is what it further says:

"Though he and his supporters had expressed that Gotabhaya is now not an American citizen, it has not been mentioned in the latest publication released in the last quarter of June 30, 2019 as having
given up American citizenship. 

It was reported that r. Rajapaksa has handed over documents on April 17, 2019 to surrender his American citizenship. The document released by internal returns service (IRS) of United States Treasury Department on August 7, 2019 and in the document containing an elaborate description running into 17 pages detailing as to how the secretary received the said information giving names of each individual who has given up citizenship in America in the last quarter of June 30, 2019. In the event Rajapaksa's name was not in the report of the last quarter prepared by IRS ending in arch completing the the three months, Rajapaksa's supporters vouched that he had handed over his documents in the month of April, 2019 and that his name would be announced in the IRS list of August. Whatever it is, Gotabhaya Rajapaksa's name is not in the August list either. 

In order to respond to requests confirming his renunciation, media institutions supporting Gotabhaya have mentioned that a document was released saying that his request to relinquish citizenship of United States and that a document confirming that it was accepted on May 3, 2019; however, its authenticity was not announced to anybody as such.  

Last week what two civil activists Gamini Wiyangoda and professor Chandraguptha Thenuwara appealed to inspector general of police was to inquire as to how former defence secretary managed to acquire a Sri Lankan foreign passport and national identity card without expressing his status of dual citizenship or not making a statement under the Citizenship Act. A survey conducted by Sunday Observer newspaper had reported about irregularities of the manner in which Rajapaksa has secured dual citizenship in November, 2005. According to the amendment of the 19th constitutional amendment of 2015, where section 91 is concerned, no person who is a citizen of a different country other than Sri Lanka is prohibited from contesting the post of President or to serve in the capacity of a President.