Guyana’s president, Irfaan Ali, is poised to serve a second term in this South American country flush with money from oil and gas production, according to preliminary election results released Friday.
Guyana's electoral commission said that despite ongoing recounts following Tuesday's election, preliminary results show the governing Indo-dominated People’s Progressive Party in the lead with some 35 of 65 seats up for grabs in Parliament. In second place is a new party, We Invest in Nationhood, which for the first time has pushed Guyana’s Afro-supported main opposition party, A Partnership for National Unity, to third place.
