RALLY FOR RESIGNATION Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seen on a giant screen delivering a speech while Sri Lankan protesters wave flags and demand his resignation at a rally outside the leader’s office in the capital Colombo on Friday, April 29, 2022. AP PHOTO
RALLY FOR RESIGNATION Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seen on a giant screen delivering a speech while Sri Lankan protesters wave flags and demand his resignation at a rally outside the leader’s office in the capital Colombo on Friday, April 29, 2022. AP PHOTO

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to replace his older brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the country's worst economic crisis in decades, a prominent lawmaker said on Friday.

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