{"id":26479,"date":"2025-02-09T02:45:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26479"},"modified":"2025-02-09T02:45:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T02:45:55","slug":"gecom-intensifies-preparations-for-2025-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gecom-intensifies-preparations-for-2025-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"GECOM Intensifies Preparations for 2025 Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Saskia Warrick | January 21, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is ramping up efforts to ensure a seamless electoral process for the 2025 general and regional elections. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the official election date has yet to be announced, significant preparations are already underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GECOM Commissioner, Sase Gunraj, explained that the groundwork is focused on crucial activities such as recruitment, training, and procurement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One key area is the training of temporary staff, as the elections require a substantial workforce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gunraj highlighted that the Chief Elections Officer recently submitted a workplan to outline the pre-election activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The procurement process for both sensitive and non-sensitive election materials is also a high priority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These materials, essential for the elections, are being sourced early to avoid delays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, logistical preparations are being handled in the background to ensure readiness when the time comes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further updates will be provided once the official election date is confirmed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the constitution, the general and regional elections are due in the last quarter of this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick | January 21, 2025 The Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is ramping up efforts to ensure a seamless electoral process for the 2025 general and regional elections. While&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26479"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26480,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26479\/revisions\/26480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}