FILE -Sri Lankan opposition leader Sajith Premadasa speaks during an interview with The Associated Press at his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 15, 2022. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
Pedestrians walk past a cut out erected commending Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 26, 2023. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
FILE - Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe greets a group of school children who welcomed him with a song during the 76th Independence Day commemoration ceremony of Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Feb. 4, 2024. Sri Lanka’s independent elections commission has said the country’s presidential elections will be held on Sept. 21, 2024, a vote that will likely be a test of confidence on Wickremesinghe’s efforts to resolve the country’s worst economic crisis. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
FILE -Anura Kumara Dissanayake, in red shirt, leader of opposition political party National People's Power attends a protest rally in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Feb. 26, 2023. Sri Lanka will hold a presidential election on Sept. 21. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)
A Muslim man walks past a wall pasted with election propaganda of the main opposition candidate in the upcoming presidential election in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)