Guyana government to challenge no-confidence vote in court

FILE PHOTO: Guyana's President David Arthur Granger review an honour guard during Mercosur trade bloc annual summit in Brasilia, Brazil December, 21, 2017. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo

GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Guyana's government will challenge in court a parliamentary no-confidence vote that toppled President David Granger's ruling coalition amid a dispute over developing the country's nascent oil industry, the country's attorney general said on Thursday.

The Dec. 21 vote triggered new elections within 90 days, after one lawmaker from Granger's APNU-AFC coalition sided with the opposition, which accuses the government of mismanaging the country's oil resources by granting Exxon Mobil overly generous contract terms.