A man shouts slogans demanding cooking gas cylinders as a group of people block an intersection protesting against shortages of essentials in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa, left, elder son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, right, attends the launching of his election manifesto in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A protester holds a portrait of former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa upside down after storming the Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A vandalized portrait of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is seen at a protest site outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Supporters of Sri Lanka's main opposition sit on the fence of the Chinese owned Port City project as they gather to protest and demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A motorist drives past an election campaign poster featuring a photograph of presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa and in Sinhalese reads, 'forward together-winning president Sajith' in a muslim neighborhood of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

People storm President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, July 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A Sri Lankan protester waves the national flag from the rooftop of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office, demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Girls display their arms painted with messages "Ranil Go Home' referring to Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe at a protest site in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, July 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe waves to the media as he arrives to file his nomination for the upcoming presidential elections in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lankan presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa waves to his supporters during an election campaign rally in Negombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

National People's Power supporters shout slogans during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A supporter of Sri Lanka's president Ranil Wickremesinghe cheers during a public rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lankans rush with empty cylinders to buy cooking gas at a distribution centre amid the country's worst economic crisis in recent memory, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, May 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Sri Lanka's former defense secretary and presidential candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa attends a rally in Homagama, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

Protestors burn an effigy of acting President and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as they demand his resignation in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center, leader of opposition political party National People's Power attends a protest rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A primary student eats a free meal given at the school in Dalukana village in Dimbulagala north east of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A tear gas canister lands amidst the protesters storming the compound of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

A protester sits at the desk of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe after storming his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)