After the official announcement, the United States Department of State congratulated Irfaan Ali for his re -election as president of Guyana and said he hopes to work with his government to advance the “common priorities”
The president of Guyana, Irfaan Ali, was reelected for a second consecutive mandate, according to the first official bulletin of the electoral authority released on Saturday, September 6, five days after the elections.
The official the progressive party of the People/Civic (PPP/C), from ALI, obtained 242,497 valid votes, equivalent to 55% of the total.
Ali had already proclaimed the winner of the elections on Wednesday in statements to the AFP.
The 45 -year -old center -left leader promised to get 850,000 inhabitants leverage in its oil wealth out of poverty. It must also manage the thorny matter of the Esequibo, the region rich in oil and minerals that neighbor Venezuela claims.
The Official Gazette places its closest follower, the Win party, founded three months ago by the magnate Azruddin Mohamed, nicknamed the “Guyanés Trump”, secondly, with 24.8%.
The traditional APNU, which represents the population of Afro -descendant origin, ended third with 17.7% of suffrage.
After the official announcement, the United States Department of State congratulated Irfaan Ali for his re -election as president of Guyana and said he hopes to work with his government to advance the “common priorities.”
Dispute with Venezuela
Ali, from the majority community of Indian origin, will assume a second five -year mandate at a time when tensions with Venezuela grow that claims sovereignty over the Esequibo.
The dispute over the Esequibo is centenary, but it was intensified in 2015 after the discovery of a gigantic oil wealth.
Guyana in fact has the largest per capita oil reserves in the world today. Oil exploitation began in 2019 and hopes to reach a production of one million barrels per day (B/D) in 2030, compared to 650,000 b/d today.
Petroleum wealth allowed to quadruple the state budget (6.7 billion dollars in 2025) in five years with the highest economic growth in Latin America (43.6% in 2024).
Guyana appealed in 2018 to the International Court of Justice (CIJ) to ratify an award of 1899 in which the current borders were set, but Venezuela rejects the jurisdiction of that entity and claims the Geneva Agreement of 1966, which establishes bases for a negotiated solution.
With information from Swissinfo.ch
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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