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Sri Lanka leader appeals for end to calls for is resignation

A Sri Lankan man holds placard during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 11, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans protested calling on the country's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans shout anti government slogans blocking the entrance to president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 11, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans protested calling on the country's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A Sri Lankan man walks past portraits of journalists persecuted allegedly by Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa displayed outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 11, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans protested calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans shout anti government slogans during a protest outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 11, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans protested calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans shout anti government slogans during a protest outside the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 11, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans protested calling on the country's president to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans shout anti government slogans blocking the entrance to president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 11, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans protested calling on the country's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A man waves a Sri Lankan national flag as he stands on a barricade blocking the entrance to president's office during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 11, 2022. Thousands of Sri Lankans protested calling on the country's president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign amid worst economic crisis in history. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lanka leader appeals for end to calls for is resignation