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UK under pressure to join US sanctions on Guyana
Source: The Guardian
UK under pressure to join US sanctions on Guyana
Former British colony locked in legal and political impasse over election result
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Thu 16 Jul 2020 12.06 BST
Last modified on Thu 16 Jul 2020 12.35 BST
The UK is under pressure to join the US in imposing sanctions on the president of Guyana, who has refused to stand after a disputed election in March.
The former British colony, which borders Venezuela, has been locked in a legal and political impasse since an election recount found the president, David Granger, had lost by 15,416 votes.
The discovery of oil off the country’s coast is destined to transform its economic fortunes, raising the political stakes even higher.
After the recount, the chief executive of Guyana’s electoral commission, Keith Lowenfield, disqualified 120,000 votes, nearly a fifth of those cast, handing the contested victory to Granger.
Last week, the Caribbean court of justice, Guyana’s final appellate court, overruled Lowenfield. But now another legal challenge has been declared in an attempt to prevent the commission from declaring Granger’s defeat.
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Former British colony locked in legal and political impasse over election result
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor
Thu 16 Jul 2020 12.06 BST
Last modified on Thu 16 Jul 2020 12.35 BST
The UK is under pressure to join the US in imposing sanctions on the president of Guyana, who has refused to stand after a disputed election in March.
The former British colony, which borders Venezuela, has been locked in a legal and political impasse since an election recount found the president, David Granger, had lost by 15,416 votes.
The discovery of oil off the country’s coast is destined to transform its economic fortunes, raising the political stakes even higher.
After the recount, the chief executive of Guyana’s electoral commission, Keith Lowenfield, disqualified 120,000 votes, nearly a fifth of those cast, handing the contested victory to Granger.
Last week, the Caribbean court of justice, Guyana’s final appellate court, overruled Lowenfield. But now another legal challenge has been declared in an attempt to prevent the commission from declaring Granger’s defeat.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/16/uk-under-pressure-join-us-sanctions-guyana-election-result-former-british-colony