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Rajapaksa swears in 4 Cabinet members amid Sri Lanka crisis

In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, hands over the appointment document to Gamini Lakshman Peiris after he took oath of office as the new foreign minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP) A Sri Lankan army soldier stands guard on a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Protesters attacked earlier this week by supporters of Sri Lanka’s government are demanding that the newly appointed prime minister arrest his predecessor for allegedly instigating the attack against them as they called for his resignation. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankan army soldiers patrol a street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Protesters attacked earlier this week by supporters of Sri Lanka’s government are demanding that the newly appointed prime minister arrest his predecessor for allegedly instigating the attack against them as they called for his resignation. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A man participates in a protest outside a police station demanding petrol in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Sri Lankans have been forced to wait in long lines to purchase scarce imported essentials such as medicines, fuel, cooking gas and food because of a severe foreign currency shortage. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) An elderly woman sits outside a police station in a protest demanding cooking gas in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Sri Lankans have been forced to wait in long lines to purchase scarce imported essentials such as medicines, fuel, cooking gas and food because of a severe foreign currency shortage. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A man carries a cooking gas cylinder purchased from a distribution centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, May 14, 2022. Sri Lankans have been forced to wait in long lines to purchase scarce imported essentials such as medicines, fuel, cooking gas and food because of a severe foreign currency shortage. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) In this handout photograph provided by the Sri Lankan President's Office, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, right, watches Ranil Wickremesinghe take the oath of office as the new prime minister in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Wickremesinghe has been reappointed in an effort to bring stability to the island nation engulfed in a political and economic crisis. (Sri Lankan President's Office via AP)