More than 65% of voters in Guinea-Bissau are registered

The director general of the Technical Support Office for the Electoral Process (GTAPE) of Guinea-Bissau, Gabriel Gibril Baldé said today that 65.6% of Guineans with electoral capacity are already registered for the legislative elections of June 4th.

“Of the 844,087 predicted voters, 549,155 are registered, reaching 65.6% in these last days. This is the number of registered in these last 30 days”, stated Gabriel Gibril Baldé.

The director general of GTAPE was speaking at a press conference to take stock of the first month of voter registration, which began on December 10th and ends on February 10th.

Asked about voter registration in the diaspora, Gabriel Gibril Baldé said that the technical conditions have already been met and all that remains is to resolve the administrative part, which depends on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to start the process.

Electoral legislation provides for voter registration in Senegal, Cape Verde, Gambia, Mauritania and Guinea-Conakry, in the Africa circle, and Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, England, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg, in the Europe circle.

Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló dissolved the National Assembly in May and scheduled legislative elections for December 18, but the Government, after meetings with political parties, proposed that they be postponed to May.

Umaro Sissoco Embaló scheduled the ballot for June 4th.

With information from Notícias ao Minuto

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