By Mathew Cohen Guyana's President Irfaan Ali has declared victory in the country's September 1 general and regional elections, with preliminary results showing his centre-right People's Progressive Party (PPP) securing a commanding lead over opposition parties. According to data from the Guyana Elections Commission published in the early hours of September 4, the PPP won 242,451 votes, securing approximately 55.3% of the total and leading in seven of the country's ten electoral districts. This represents a share of the vote roughly 4.6 percentage points higher than its result in the 2020 elec...