Two Court cases had been filed in USA
Courts against former Defense Secretary and the brother of former president Mahinda Rajapaksha ,,Gotabaya Rajapaksha over the killing of former Editor in Chief Of Sunday Leader newspaper Lssantha Wikramathunge and Torture of Tamil National Roy Sumanthiran it has been reported.
Notices are scheduled to be served regarding the court cases for Gotabaya Rajapakshe who is an American citizen and now at his residence in California on a vacation soon according to reports .
The court case regarding the killing of former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wikramathunge had fbeen
filed by his daughter Ahimsa Wikramathunge and the case against the torture imcident was filed by a Non Governmental Organization .
The former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe who is a strong campaigner to getting nomination as a presidential candidate from newly formed podu jana peramuna for the forthcoming Presidential Election is due to give up his American citizenship in view of contesting the Election .
It has been reported that the former Defense Secretary had sent relevant documents to United States Embassy in Colombo to remove his American citizenship.However if these court cases begin hearing in United States the removal of his US Citizenship will be delayed further as a result it has been reported.
Dual citizenship holders ate not allowed to contest Sri Lankan elections under the new law and actress turned politician Geetha Kumarasinghe has lost her parliamentary seat recently due to the faliure to remove her swiss dual citizenship before contesting the parliamentary elections .
Notices are scheduled to be served regarding the court cases for Gotabaya Rajapakshe who is an American citizen and now at his residence in California on a vacation soon according to reports .
The court case regarding the killing of former Sunday Leader Editor Lasantha Wikramathunge had fbeen
filed by his daughter Ahimsa Wikramathunge and the case against the torture imcident was filed by a Non Governmental Organization .
The former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe who is a strong campaigner to getting nomination as a presidential candidate from newly formed podu jana peramuna for the forthcoming Presidential Election is due to give up his American citizenship in view of contesting the Election .
It has been reported that the former Defense Secretary had sent relevant documents to United States Embassy in Colombo to remove his American citizenship.However if these court cases begin hearing in United States the removal of his US Citizenship will be delayed further as a result it has been reported.
Dual citizenship holders ate not allowed to contest Sri Lankan elections under the new law and actress turned politician Geetha Kumarasinghe has lost her parliamentary seat recently due to the faliure to remove her swiss dual citizenship before contesting the parliamentary elections .
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