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The World - News from Dec. 10, 1985

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On election day, the main opposition party in Guyana withdrew from the voting, accusing the ruling People’s National Congress of launching a “violent and massive attack on all opposition groups contesting the election.” The Marxist People’s Progressive Party withdrew after its leader, Cheddi Jagan, and a British newsman traveling with him said they were roughed up at a polling station. Prime Minister Hamilton Green denied the allegations.

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