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Weekly Report - 08 December 2011 (WR-11-49)
GUYANA: Ruling party squeaks home
Calling for Guyanese to “cast aside our partisan cloaks and to put on national garb”, Donald Ramotar was sworn in as president on 3 December after the electoral authority (Gecom) declared his People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) the winner of the 28 November general elections. While the fifth straight victory for the PPP/C since 1992, Ramotar’s appeal to national unity is necessary given the result also marks the first time in 19 years that the ruling party will lack a majority in the 65-strong parliament. This suggests he could struggle to get his continuity agenda approved.
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