Guinea Residents Register Biometrics for Upcoming Elections in December 2025

Biometric Enrollment for Elections

• 🌍 Residents in Konukree, Guinea are participating in a national census involving biometric enrollments, including iris scans and fingerprinting.
• 📝 The collected data will be used to issue identity receipts, which will then be converted into voter cards.

Election Timeline and Political Context

• 🗓️ Guinea's Prime Minister announced that legislative and presidential elections are scheduled for December 2025.
• 📜 A constitutional referendum, planned for September 21st, is considered a precursor to returning to constitutional rule.
• military leader General Mamadi Doumbouya seized power in a September 2021 coup.
• ⏳ Previous transition timelines for elections, including a December 31st, 2024 deadline for civilian administration, have been missed.
• ⚖️ A new constitution draft may allow Doumbouya to run in the next presidential election.
• 🚫 Guinea's two former ruling parties are suspended, and the main opposition party is under surveillance.