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U.S., EU question part of Guyana presidential vote results
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 5, 2020 / 7:57 PM / UPDATED 35 MINUTES AGO
U.S., EU question part of Guyana presidential vote results
CARACAS (Reuters) - Diplomats from the United States and the European Union on Thursday questioned official results of Guyana’s presidential elections reported for one of the country’s regions, shortly after the opposition accused the government of fraud.
Reporting by Neil Marks; writing by Brian Ellsworth; Editing by Sandra Maler
U.S., EU question part of Guyana presidential vote results
CARACAS (Reuters) - Diplomats from the United States and the European Union on Thursday questioned official results of Guyana’s presidential elections reported for one of the country’s regions, shortly after the opposition accused the government of fraud.
Reporting by Neil Marks; writing by Brian Ellsworth; Editing by Sandra Maler
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-guyana-election-diplomats/u-s-eu-question-part-of-guyana-presidential-vote-results-idUSKBN20T03E
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Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 5, 2020 / 5:42 PM / UPDATED 16 MINUTES AGO
Guyana opposition cries fraud in presidential election
Neil Marks
3 MIN READ
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Guyana opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday accused the nation’s elections commission of fraud in tallying the results of Monday’s presidential vote, saying the group inflated the vote count to favor the incumbent, President David Granger.
The South American nation this week held an election to choose who will oversee an oil boom set to transform the former British colony, which faces a test of whether it can sustainably manage a sudden influx of natural resource wealth.
Jagdeo said the Guyana Elections Commission altered the vote count in a populous area known as Region Four.
“This is thievery, this is totally fake,” Jagdeo told reporters. “We cannot take this sitting down. This is not a banana republic.”
The commission released a tally sheet for Region Four that showed Granger’s APNU-AFC coalition beating Irfaan Ali of the opposition PPP party by a wide margin.
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Guyana opposition cries fraud in presidential election
Neil Marks
3 MIN READ
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Guyana opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo on Thursday accused the nation’s elections commission of fraud in tallying the results of Monday’s presidential vote, saying the group inflated the vote count to favor the incumbent, President David Granger.
The South American nation this week held an election to choose who will oversee an oil boom set to transform the former British colony, which faces a test of whether it can sustainably manage a sudden influx of natural resource wealth.
Jagdeo said the Guyana Elections Commission altered the vote count in a populous area known as Region Four.
“This is thievery, this is totally fake,” Jagdeo told reporters. “We cannot take this sitting down. This is not a banana republic.”
The commission released a tally sheet for Region Four that showed Granger’s APNU-AFC coalition beating Irfaan Ali of the opposition PPP party by a wide margin.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-guyana-election/guyana-opposition-cries-fraud-in-presidential-election-idUSKBN20S2YY
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