Video: PPP gets presidency

...but opposition controls House

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The incumbent PPP/C has won enough votes in the general elections to keep the presidency, but will lead a minority government after opposition groups APNU and AFC got enough support to scrape a one-seat advantage in the National Assembly.

Donald Ramotar

PPP/C candidate Donald Ramotar will be sworn in as the country’s next president, but his government will be forced to seek opposition support for major spending and to pass laws and it could face a motion of no-confidence that could result in new elections at any time before the end of its five-year term.

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