Citizenship denied for the former JVP secretary

Monday, 18 May 2015

The government of Sri Lanka is in hesitant for the request made by the former JVP secretary Lional Bobage's dual citizenship application.

Currently Lional Bopage is an Australian resident holding his citizenship. Despite the present citizenship policies of the Sri Lankan government his application for citizenship has elapsed few months. It is reported out of two thousand applicants who have requested the dual citizenship the government has decided to grant only 400 applications.

If Lional Bopage's application is refused there is no reason given for the denial. Although he has written letters to the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and the Finance Minister still there is no
favorable response received so far. Lional Bopage is a person who continuously struggled for the removal of the Rajapaksa regime.

Meantime the government has denied the dual citizenship request of Premakumar Gunarathnam another leader who separated from the JVP and decided that he should be exiled. However there are reports that he is living in Sri Lanka hiding. He too is a Australian citizen.