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(TRT World, April 1, 2022) Sri Lankan protesters have tried to storm the home of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the country's economic situation worsens. One person was injured, and police imposed a curfew in parts of the capital, Colombo. Many demonstrators are demanding that Pres. Rajapaksa resign as food prices soar and things become unavailable. Daniel Padwick reports.

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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Ceylon’s president has agreed to replace his older brother as prime minister in a proposed interim government to solve a political impasse caused by the majority-Buddhist country’s worst economic crisis in decades, a prominent lawmaker said Friday.

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa agreed that a national council will be appointed to name a new prime minister and Cabinet comprised of all parties in Parliament, lawmaker Maithripala Sirisena said after meeting with the president.

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Sirisena, who was president before Rajapaksa, was a governing party lawmaker before defecting earlier this month along with nearly 40 other legislators.

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However, Rohan Weliwita, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, said the president has not communicated any intent to remove the prime minister and a decision will be announced if such a step is taken.

Sri Lanka is near bankruptcy and has announced it is suspending payments on its foreign loans until it negotiates a rescue plan with International Monetary Fund.

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