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Opposition cries foul as ruling PUP wins landslide

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    Guinea’s ruling Parti de l’Unite et du Progres (PUP) won a resounding victory at municipal elections held on 25 June, but opposition parties have cried foul and are threatening to stay away from parliamentary polls next month.

    Results published on Friday by the Ministry of Territorial Administration show that the PUP won 31 of the 38 municipalities in the country, AFP reported. Five went to the opposition Union pour le Progres et le Renouveau (UPR), and one each to two other parties.

    The Missionary News Agency (MISNA) reported that the country’s main opposition coalition, CODEM, announced that it aimed to boycott the parliamentary polls because, its leader Mamadou Ba said, polling officers “did everything possible to guarantee a majority for the PUP” at the municipal election.

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