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FILE - Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa bows down before his father and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa during the launching of his election manifesto in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa bows down before his father and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa during the launching of his election manifesto in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Sept. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

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

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

FILE - Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 12, 2022.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

FILE - Sri Lanka army soldiers patrol near the official residence of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa three days after it was stormed by anti government protesters in Colombo in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, July 12, 2022.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

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)

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)

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)

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)

FILE - Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa arrives for a meeting along with his supporters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Presidential candidate Namal Rajapaksa arrives for a meeting along with his supporters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks with his lawmaker son Namal following his election victory in the general election at his residence in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa speaks with his lawmaker son Namal following his election victory in the general election at his residence in Tangalle, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 7, 2020.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention held to announce Gotabaya's presidential candidacy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE - Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa wave to supporters during a party convention held to announce Gotabaya's presidential candidacy in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Aug. 11, 2019. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

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

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

FILE- Namal Rajapaksa, center, Sri Lankan lawmaker and son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, plays cricket with ethnic Tamil youth in Killinochchi, Sri Lanka, Thursday July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/ Eranga Jayawardena, File)

FILE- Namal Rajapaksa, center, Sri Lankan lawmaker and son of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, plays cricket with ethnic Tamil youth in Killinochchi, Sri Lanka, Thursday July 21, 2011. (AP Photo/ Eranga Jayawardena, File)