GUYANA USHED IN THEIR NEW PRESIDENT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF LEGAL WRANGLINGS

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GUYANA USHED IN THEIR NEW PRESIDENT AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF LEGAL WRANGLINGS.

Five months after a general election, the opposition candidate Irfaan Ali has been sworn in as Guyana’s president.

Following allegations of vote tampering, a recount and a lengthy legal battle, the election commission declared Mr Ali the winner on Sunday. August 2nd.

The 40-year-old, Mr Ali was sworn in hours later.

His rival, outgoing president David Granger, said he would take his allegations of fraud to the high court.