president gotabaya rakapksa said he would step down by thursday. army has been cleared to use force if necessary to maintain order. sri lankans say the developments are unacceptable. protesters have decided to leave the government buildings they had occupied, but they are adamant they will continue. >> everything is lost. all this fighting, fighting because of food and money. that's why the people go home. a new government, a people's government. >> with them, no corruption will be fixed. >> ranil came to power promising to solve problems, and he doesn't do anything. during election time, they embraced people but haven't delivered anything. they have to go. >> more from colombo -- >> they are heading to the presidents house now. protesters are shouting slogans. they said to come and nowa we are going to regroup and continue to protest elsewhere. it has never been our goal to occupy government buildings. they've occupied since saturday when more than 200,000 protesters stormed the residency, this old colonial building, but also the secretary, the pr