FILE: Main party candidate Pereira leads Guinea-Bissau presidency race Guinea-Bissau presidential candidate for the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) Domingos Simoes Pereira tops the first round in the country's presidential elections, according to the electoral commission. Pereira leads with about 40 percent of the vote, while Umaro Sissoco Embalo, a former prime minister from an opposition party, is in second place with about 30 percent. FILE IMAGES of candidate for Guinea Bissau's opposition PAIGC party Domingos Simoes Pereira casting his vote