Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the nation final month amidst large anti-government protests calling for his resignation, is awaiting to acquire a US Green Card to return to America and settle there together with his spouse and son, a media report stated on Thursday.
Sri Lankan newspaper Daily Mirror, citing highly-placed sources, claimed that Rajapaksa’s attorneys within the United States had already begun the process final month for his software to acquire the Green Card as he was eligible to use as a result of his spouse Loma Rajapaksa being a US citizen.
In 2019, Rajapaksa renounced his US citizenship to contest the 2019 presidential polls.
Rajapaksa took early retirement from the Sri Lanka Army and moved into the sphere of data expertise, earlier than immigrating to the United States in 1998. He returned to Sri Lanka in 2005, The process may even now contain his attorneys in Colombo submitting the extra paperwork right here with a purpose to go forward with the process, the every day stated.
The 73-year-old former President who’s presently in a lodge in Bangkok alongside together with his spouse will return to Sri Lanka on August 25, cancelling his preliminary plan to stay in Thailand no less than until November, the report stated.
The every day stated that two days in the past, Rajapaksa consulted his attorneys and determined to return to Sri Lanka later this month as he was not allowed the liberty to maneuver in Thailand as initially anticipated, as a result of safety issues.
Upon his arrival in Bangkok, Thai police suggested the ousted President to stay indoors for safety causes.
The Bangkok Post newspaper reported that on the lodge, the placement of which has not been disclosed, plainclothes law enforcement officials from the Special Branch Bureau had been deployed to make sure the protection of Rajapaksa.
Officials had requested the previous Sri Lankan president to stay throughout the lodge throughout his keep within the nation.
Upon his return to Sri Lanka this month, the Cabinet will focus on offering Rajapaksa a state home and safety accorded to a former President, the report stated.
Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives final month and thereafter to Singapore. He entered Singapore on a medical visa and had it prolonged twice to stay there as a lot as potential. As his visa couldn’t be prolonged additional, Rajapaksa and his spouse left for Thailand and was assured he might stay there until he finalises his third vacation spot.
At the identical time, the Thai authorities had made it clear to Rajapaksa that he mustn’t have interaction in political actions whereas staying within the nation.
However together with his actions now restricted in Thailand, he’ll return to the nation, the report stated.
