The Guyana Elec­tions Com­mis­sion (GECOM) on Fri­day an­nounced that Nom­i­na­tion Day is Ju­ly 14.

That’s ac­cord­ing to the work plan ap­proved by the sev­en-mem­ber Com­mis­sion on Thurs­day for gen­er­al and re­gion­al elec­tions slat­ed for Sep­tem­ber 1, 2025.

“In keep­ing with statu­to­ry pro­vi­sions, Po­lit­i­cal Par­ties de­sirous of con­test­ing the up­com­ing elec­tions will be re­quired to sub­mit their re­spec­tive Lists of Can­di­dates on the 14th Ju­ly, 2025 i.e., Nom­i­na­tion Day,” the com­mis­sion said in a state­ment.

Ac­cord­ing to GECOM, po­lit­i­cal par­ties must sub­mit ap­pli­ca­tions for the al­lo­ca­tion of sym­bols for ap­proval by the Com­mis­sion by June 22. 

The elec­tions man­age­ment au­thor­i­ty said the GECOM Sec­re­tari­at has been au­tho­rised to pro­ceed with im­ple­men­ta­tion of the tasks in the work­plan to “en­sure that the elec­tions are con­duct­ed in a free, fair, and trans­par­ent man­ner.”

With Nom­i­na­tion Day now an­nounced, GECOM said the statu­to­ry forms for the sub­mis­sion of lists of can­di­dates are ac­ces­si­ble on its web­site 

The date for the gen­er­al elec­tion was an­nounced on May 25, how­ev­er, Pres­i­dent Ir­faan Ali is yet to dis­solve Par­lia­ment.

GEORGE­TOWN. Guyana, May 31, CMC –

CMC/gy/kb/2025