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GECOM hosts media sensitisation training for nomination day
The sensitisation training for members of the media (PC: GECOM Facebook page)
Kaieteur News – The Guyana Election Commission (GECOM) on Wednesday hosted a sensitisation training for members of the media in preparation for nomination day set for July 14, 2025.
Leading the training, deputy chief elections officer, Aneal Giddings said on July 14, the CEO will receive the lists of candidates from parties and representatives of parties desirous of contesting the 2025 polls. He added that the system in Guyana for the general and regional election is a propositional representation where parties are given seats in proportion of number of votes gained at those elections.
“There are two elections that run, the general to elect members of the national assembly and one for regional to elect members of the regional democratic council,” Giddings said.
The elections are governed by the constitution of Guyana, the representation of the peoples act 1:03, the local democratic organs act which governs the regional elections and the general elections observers act.
Giddings further stated that the nomination process with be held at the Umana Yana between the hours of 10am and 2pm. He noted that parties may also contest just the regional democratic councils and not the general election component.
“Those persons will submit their list of candidates, now if a party is desirous of contesting elections in the national assembly that is the regional component of elections, they are required to submit geographical constituency list as well as a national top-up list. They may also contest the regional democratic councils as you are aware there are 10; they may but do not have to,” he said.
GECOM in a Facebook post, said that the commission has deemed it necessary to engage the media to prepare them for accurate coverage of the nomination day procedures. The commission said it recognises the media as a key stakeholder in the electoral process and an essential pillar to democracy, as it is through the media that public opinions regarding the electoral process are shaped.
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