A policeman stands guard as voters arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

A policeman stands guard as a voter arrives to cast her ballot at a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

Voters leave after casting their ballots at a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

Voters leave after casting their ballots at a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

A policeman stands guard as voters arrive to cast their ballots at a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A polling official collects candidate lists after the end of voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - A voter waits for transportation after casting his ballot at a polling station during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP) (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED/AFP via Getty Images)

TOPSHOT - National People's Power (NPP) party's presidential candidate Anura Kumara Dissanayaka shows his inked finger as he leaves a polling station after casting his ballot during voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Colombo on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka began voting for its next president September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP) (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA/AFP via Getty Images)