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Cameras dominated the forecourt of Parliament Building for today’s swearing in of President David Granger.

The large crowd outside of Parliament this afternoon for the swearing in of APNU+AFC’s presidential candidate, David Granger.

Address by Brigadier David Granger President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, at the Swearing-in Ceremony, Georgetown, on 16th May 2015.

Having not uttered a word over the unwillingness of the PPP/C to concede Monday’s elections, Caricom Chairman, Bahamian Prime Minister Perry Christie today congratulated David Granger on his election to the presidency.

New Head of State, David A Granger waves to supporters following his swearing- in as President of Guyana this afternoon at Parliament Building.

Newly sworn-in President David A Granger greeting people gathered at Parliament Building compound this afternoon.

President David A Granger affixes his signature to the document at Parliament affirming his swearing in.

The U.S. embassy today congratulated new President David Granger and also expressed appreciation to former President Donald Ramotar.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter issued the following statement today: “I would like to congratulate President David Granger and the APNU/AFC coalition on their success in the 2015 election.

Former President Donald Ramotar in a speech to the nation has asked supporters to remain calm even as he continues to assert that his party had won the heated 2015 general election.

David Granger was sworn in as President of Guyana on the balcony of Parliament Building at 2.19 pm today in the presence of a large, jubilant crowd.

APNU+AFC presidential candidate David Granger was declared president-elect at 1.30 pm today by Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission, Dr Steve Surujbally at its Kingston headquarters.

The Guyana Elections Commission today declared APNU+AFC the winner of the 2015 general elections and it will have 33 seats in Parliament while the PPP/C will have 32.

The Guyana Elections Commission has confirmed that it will declare final results of the close 2015 general elections at midday at its Kingston headquarters followed by the swearing in of President-elect David Granger at Parliament Building.

(Barbados Nation) Statistics derived from the Continuous Household Labour Force Survey indicated that the rate of unemployment for 2014 stood at 12.3 per cent.

The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) tonight refuted reports in the media that Head of State, President Donald Ramotar is preparing to concede electoral defeat to opposition leader David Granger.

In a second and direct statement, the Private Sector Commission this afternoon called on the PPP/C to accept the results of Monday’s general elections and to pave the way for the transition to a new government.

At about 2100h. last night, police say that four men armed with cutlasses and a handgun entered a home at Belvedere, Corentyne, through an open door, and held up Ramesh Puran, 49 years, his wife and two other relatives, and demanded cash and jewellery.

The Guyana Bar Association, the Guyana Association of Women Lawyers, the Justice Institute of Guyana and Transparency Institute (Guyana) Inc this afternoon called on President Donald Ramotar and the ruling PPP/C to accept the results of Monday’s general elections and to concede electoral victory to APNU+AFC.

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it is becoming deeply concerned by the apparent refusal of the one of the main political parties to accept the results of the 2015 elections.