The U.S.-based International Foundation for the Electoral Systems (IFES,) which has been selected to train the members of the various polling stations for a proper supervision of the second round of the presidential elections on September 19th in Guinea has already launched its training sessions in Conakry.
For Jacques Gbonimy, the Head of the Training Division of the National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI), this training for the local electoral agents, launched in collaboration with its new technical partner, follows the various irregularities noted during the first round on June 27th, due mainly to the lack of training of the officials in the polling stations.
“Today, it turns out that these people need training to correct the failures noted during the first round of the presidential polls”, Mr. Gbonimy had recently told reporters.
According to one of the leaders of the American NGO, This training session on financial and administrative management involves about 30 national trainers, who will be dispatched to the regions to train other agents to be deployed in cities and sub-prefectures across the country.
IFES, which has been chosen by the CENI to provide the training, to the detriment of the Guinean Office for Electoral Support (BGAE), which ensured training for the first round, is expected to train 45,000 agents by September 17th.
Source African Press Agency
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