Sri Lanka, Nov. 11 -- In what appeared to be a hurriedly convened media briefing in Colombo yesterday, lawyers for Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa's insisted that despite non-appearance of any US federal government confirmation of their candidate's rescinded American citizenship, his renunciation of US citizenship was fully legal. Rajapaksa legal representative Attorney Ali Sabry, PC, at the news briefing at the Kingsbury Hotel, showed journalists Rajapaksa's US passport bearing a 'CANCEL' seal on its first page declaring: "He is no longer a dual citizen."
"This renunciation is valid since April 17 this year according to the Certificate of Loss of Nationality of the United State and the passport...