The Group of American States (OAS) has begun deployment of its Electoral Remark Mission (EOM) for Guyana’s 2025 Normal and Regional Elections, led by former Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding.
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The mission contains 27 consultants and observers from 18 international locations, and can give attention to electoral group and registries, electoral know-how, political-electoral financing, electoral justice, and the political participation of ladies. The workforce will conduct a structured and technically rigorous evaluation of the electoral course of.
Observers will monitor each the Disciplined Providers vote on August 22 and the primary ballot on September 1, visiting polling stations from opening to the counting of votes and processing of outcomes. Within the lead-up to the elections, the Chief of Mission and the observer workforce will meet with authorities and electoral authorities, political events and candidates, civil society representatives, and different stakeholders to collect views on the continued electoral course of.
Following the elections, the OAS/EOM will launch a Preliminary Report containing observations and suggestions aimed toward strengthening Guyana’s democratic and electoral processes.
This marks the seventh Electoral Remark Mission that the OAS has deployed in Guyana. The initiative is made doable via monetary contributions from Brazil, Canada, Chile, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Morocco, Peru, Spain, and the US.
