The Organisation of American States (OAS) has begun the deployment of its Electoral Observation Mission (EOM) for the 2025 General and Regional Elections in Guyana, led by former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Bruce Golding.
The OAS/EOM will comprise 27 experts and observers from 18 countries. The mission will focus on electoral organisation and registries, electoral technology, political-electoral financing, electoral justice, and the political participation of women. This will allow the team to analyse the process in a structured and technically rigorous manner, according to a release.
Members of the mission will observe both the Disciplined Services vote on 22 August and the main poll on 1 September, visiting polling stations from the opening of the polls to the counting of votes and the processing of results.
Ahead of the elections, the Chief of Mission and the OAS observer team will meet with government and electoral authorities, political parties and candidates, representatives of civil society, and other stakeholders to hear their perspectives on the electoral process.
In the days following the election, the OAS/EOM will present its Preliminary Report with observations and recommendations aimed at strengthening the country’s democratic and electoral processes.
This is the seventh Electoral Observation Mission that the OAS has deployed in Guyana.
