Former Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Umaro Cissoko Embalo has won last year’s presidential run-off election with 54% of the vote.
The electoral commission said on Wednesday that Embalo, 47, beat opponent Domingos Simoes Pereira and will now succeed incumbent President Jose Mario Vaz.
Jose Mario Vaz failed to make it to the second round of voting after his tenure was marred by political infighting, an ill-functioning parliament and corruption.
But Domingos Simoes Pereira has vowed to contest the results declared by the electoral commission as he alleges of “electoral fraud”.
In the first round of voting last year, Domingos Simoes Pereira came first with 40% and while Umaro Cissoko Embalo came second with 28%.
Mr Embalo, nicknamed “The General”, served as prime minister between 2016 and 2018.
Guinea Bissau has experienced nine coups or attempted coups since independence from Portugal in 1974.
In 2012 there was a military takeover and should Vaz completes his term, he will be the first president to do so.
Mr Vaz, 62, has been in office since 2014 after a tight presidential contest that he won in a run-off.
Source: Africafeeds.com
