Gota has to be worshipped even to secure Dual citizenship

(Lanka-e-News- 26.March.2013,9.30PM) A new Board has been appointed in regard to those Sri Lankans who are abroad seeking dual citizenship. The most curious feature of this Board is, while dual citizenship is a matter coming under the purview of the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of internal affairs , this new Board’s chief is Gotabaya Rajapakse , the defense Ministry secretary. When the ruling regime head MaRa went to London in the first half of last year , he had to confront severe protests staged against him by the Tamils there .After his return, to wreak revenge on those Tamils , the issue of dual citizenship was stopped. At that time , over 2000 persons had applied for dual citizenship , which has now snowballed to 4000, according to reports. All preparations have been made to tighten the laws enacted in 1987 on the granting of dual citizenships . Under the new enactment , the applicant for dual citizenship should have a face to face interview with the Board under Gotabaya. If a Sri Lankan had been abroad for 5 years continuously , he loses his citizenship and has to make a fresh application to obtain SL citizenship. The Rajapakse regime that is notorious for being policy less , rudderless and aimless is while solicitously inviting the Sri Lankans abroad to invest here is at the same time digging the grave for them by introducing new laws against those who are getting ready to come here and invest. The cruelest irony is , the chief of this Board deciding on this dual citizenship is Gotabaya Rajapakse who fled the country in fear in the thick of the war and remained in America for 16 continuous years even without as much as sparing a thought for his motherland. If the new law applies retrospectively , he should be the first to lose his SL citizenship ., leave alone his treacherous and traitorous act of fleeing the country when as an army personnel he should have remained in the country and fought to the last for his motherland. Hence appointment of Gotabaya Rajapakse as the chief of the Board is the most contemptible and ridiculous appointment made by this equally topsy turvy regime. UK travel advice maintains concerns on Lanka [ Wednesday, 27 March 2013, 02:44.49 AM GMT +05:30 ] The latest travel advice on Sri Lanka issued by the British Foreign and Commonwealth office, maintains that the end of the military conflict in May 2009 has seen an upsurge of nationalism in Sri Lanka.  It says as a result, anti-Western (particularly anti-British) rhetoric has increased and this has led to violent protests against the British High Commission and other diplomatic premises. “Although no protests have so far been directed at the British community more generally, you should be vigilant and avoid demonstrations,” the travel advice, updated this month, has said. The Sri Lankan government had last September raised concerns with the British government over the travel advice and urged them to amend it.. The Sri Lankan government had initially raised its concerns with the British High Commission in Colombo over the travel advice when it was first released in August. However the issue went unattended as the travel advice was released with amendments days later but with the same controversial notes. Tourism industry officials in Sri Lanka had raised concerns over the impact the travel advice may have on British tourists visiting Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka is expecting more tourist arrivals from Britain next year with British Airways resuming flights to Colombo this month. The latest updated travel advice also says that there is an underlying threat from terrorism in Sri Lanka. It says that although the LTTE suffered a military defeat in May 2009, the Government maintains extensive anti-terrorism powers and increased security measures including checkpoints and a highly visible military presence remains throughout the country. It also says that organised and armed gangs are known to operate in Sri Lanka and have been responsible for targeted kidnappings and violence. While there is no evidence to suggest that British nationals are at particular risk, the travel advice says gangs have been known to frequent tourist areas. The updated travel advice says a majority of visits to Sri Lanka are incident free, although there are an increasing number of incidents of credit card fraud, road accidents and drownings.