Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has informed parliament that the process is underway.

“I spoke that day about initiating a process to review the individuals and entities in the Diaspora community who were listed under the Extraordinary Gazette 1854/41 of 21 March 2014. This process has already been initiated,” he has said.

The Minister has also said that under the leadership of President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, he is certain that the Government will form and implement a consensus on the national question that has evaded previous governments.