1/ It’s getting very difficult to believe that Gota legitimately renounced his US citizenship. Here’s where it stands:

1. Credibility of renunciation documents has been destroyed as:

A) The renunciation certificate that was originally circulated...

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2/...was proven to be a forgery:

https://factcheck.afp.com/citizenship-renunciation-certificate-forged-it-has-been-doctored-one-available-wikipedia

B)Gota’s">https://factcheck.afp.com/citizensh... lawyer, Ali Sabry, claimed renunciation documents were submitted to the @ECSriLanka only to have 2 members of the EC publicly deny it: https://www.newsfirst.lk/2019/11/12/we-have-not-received-documents-on-gr-citizenship-nec/amp/

https://www.newsfirst.lk/2019/11/1... href="https://twtext.com//hashtag/lka"> #lka #SriLanka #PresPollSL #PressPollSL

This ‘Citizenship Renunciation Certificate’ is forged – it has been

An image of a purported official US consular document has circulated widely in WhatsApp messages, Facebook posts and media reports in Sri Lanka, which claim it shows a local politician has given up...

https://factcheck.afp.com/citizenship-renunciation-certificate-forged-it-has-been-doctored-one-available-wikipedia

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C) Falsified nomination affidavit with clause relating to citizenship inserted: https://twitter.com/tingilye/status/1194290727511044096?s=21

D)Missing">https://twitter.com/tingilye/... and falsified dual citizenship
documents:

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2019/08/11/news-features/helping-gotabaya

E)">https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2019/08/1... @USEmbSL would have given him a letter...

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4/ ... confirming the renunciation- this was never published.

G) Stamp on passport doesn’t specify reason for cancellation, as opposed tohttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👇🏼" title="Down pointing backhand index (medium light skin tone)" aria-label="Emoji: Down pointing backhand index (medium light skin tone)">

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F) Documents were never published under Gota’s social media accounts

2. Failed to facilitate independent verification: to completely solve the problem, Gota can simply sign a form authorizing @Statedept to release the certificate to a 3rd party.

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1 more, thanks to @hthemaka

GR didnt show the Certificate of Loss of Nationality (CLN)- which is the legal proof of renunciation- when he was on @tvderana.

Instead, he showed the oath- which is just a form you fill out to apply for renunciation.
#lka https://twitter.com/hthemaka/status/1194614396598677504?s=21">https://twitter.com/hthemaka/...