(19 Dec 1997) T/I 10:54:51
STORY: Elections
LOCATION: Georgetown, Guyana
DATE: 15/12
DURATION: 1.57
American widow set to step into President's shoes
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The US-born widow of Guyana's first freely-chosen president was
expected to win the presidential election in Guyana on Monday
(15/12). Prime Minister Janet Jagan is the widow Cheddi Jagan,
who dominated Guyanese politics from the 1950s until his death
in March.
Janet Jagan, 77, a Chicago-born staunch leftist, was set for a
five-year presidential term in Guyana, a former British colony
on the north coast of South America. Her closest rival was
former president and conservative Desmond Hoyte, whose 1985-1992
administration saw increased foreign investment and economic
liberalization.
Guyana's estimated 500,000 registered voters went to the polls
to choose a president from among 10 candidates and elect a
65-seat parliament. Turnout was heavy and there were no reports
of violence.
Jagan's People's Progressive Party (PPP) mostly represents the
nation's majority Indo-Guyanese population, descendants of
Indian indentured servants. Hoyte's People's National Congress
(PNC) represents African-Guyanese, who make up 39 percent of the
population in this nation of 730,000.
SHOWS:
GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 15/12
WS people waiting outside polling place to vote;
CU polling place sign,
pan to people waiting in line to vote;
INT polling station,
WS leader of People's Progressive Party
Janet Jagan walking toward identification table;
CU Sam Hinds (acting President of Guyana) voting in booth;
Jagan walking to booth;
Hinds and Jagan walking to ballot box;
Hinds puts ballot in box recorded by media;
Jagan votes;
Jagan walks out of polling place amid media crush;
WS voters waiting in line;
WS leader of People's National Congress Party Desmond Hoyte
voting in booth and walking to identification table;
Hoyte gets fingerprinted and posts vote.
RUNS 1.57
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