Guinea-Bissau tallies votes from presidential run-off after candidate alleges ballot stuffing
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1450683
Guinea-Bissau tallies votes from presidential run-off after candidate alleges ballot stuffing
- Title: Guinea-Bissau tallies votes from presidential run-off after candidate alleges ballot stuffing
- Date: 29th December 2019
- Summary: BISSAU, GUINEA BISSAU (DECEMBER 29, 2019) (REUTERS) BISSAU STREET ELECTION WORKERS SITTING OUTSIDE POLLING STATION VARIOUS OF ELECTION WORKER UNSEALING BALLOT BOX ELECTION WORKER OPENING BALLOT BOX OFFICIALS AND VOTERS WATCHING PROCESS BALLOTS BEING POURED ON THE TABLE TO BE COUNTED PEOPLE WATCHING COUNT VARIOUS OF ELECTION WORKER COUNTING VOTES VOTES FOR DOMINGOS SIMOES PEREIRA BEING PLACED IN PILE VOTES FOR EMBALO BEING PLACED IN PILE (SOUNDBITE) (Portuguese Creole) VOTER, CARLOS PINTO LOPES, SAYING: "As a Guinea Bissau citizen I appeal to both candidates to accept the results because the people are really fed up with repeated political crises." PEOPLE WATCHING ELECTION WORKERS COUNTING VOTES VARIOUS OF ELECTION WORKER COUNTING VOTES
- Embargoed: 12th January 2020 20:12
- Keywords: Guinea-Bissau presidential run-off Umaro Cissoko Emballo ballot stuffing counting presidential election vote tally west Africa
- Location: GABU AND BISSAU, GUINEA-BISSAU
- City: GABU AND BISSAU, GUINEA-BISSAU
- Country: Guinea-Bissau
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA002BC12ERR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Guinea-Bissau began counting ballots on Sunday (December 29) after a calm day of voting in a run-off presidential election between two former prime ministers who both promise to bring stability to the turbulent West African nation.
African observers said voting went smoothly in the election to succeed incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz, though one of the candidates Umaro Cissoko Embalo accused authorities of stuffing ballot boxes, without providing evidence.
Poll workers began tallying votes in the capital Bissau soon after 1700 GMT. The electoral commission is expected to announce the provisional result on Wednesday (January 1).
The ruling PAIGC party's Domingos Simoes Pereira, 56, is seen as the front-runner after winning the first round on Nov. 24 with 40% of the vote.
Embalo, 47, is a brigadier general who came second with 28%, and political analysts say the result could be close.
Both candidates say that if elected they will work to overcome a long-running political impasse and modernize the country of 1.6 million people, which has suffered nine coups or attempted coups since independence from Portugal in 1974.
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