Guyana opposition presidential candidate Ali declared winner of election

FILE PHOTO: Irfaan Ali, presidential candidate for Guyana's opposition People's Progressive Party, meets with supporters, ahead of the March 2nd presidential election, in Georgetown, Guyana January 18, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Cohen/File Photo

GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - Guyana's elections commission on Sunday declared opposition presidential candidate Irfaan Ali the winner of a disputed March 2 election, paving the way for a change in power in the newly oil-producing South American country.

Ali, a former housing minister and member of the opposition People's Progressive Party, was expected to be sworn in on Sunday afternoon. Preliminary recount data released in June showed he had won the initial poll, and Washington last month called on current President David Granger to resign.