17 November 2025 – At the invitation of the President of National Election Commission (NEC) of Guinea-Bissau, the g7+ is conducting Election Observation Mission (EOM) for the legislative and presidential elections in Guinea-Bissau scheduled for 23 November 2025. The mission will be led by Ms. Christina Mitini, Deputy Chief Electoral Officer of the Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC).
“As a coalition of conflict-affected countries, the g7+ is uniquely placed to observe and support electoral processes in our member states,” the secretariat noted. “This mission reflects our commitment to peer learning, cooperation, and promoting resilient institutions.”
The mission will observe some parts of electoral process from 18 to 27 November 2025. The EOM core team consists of the Chief Observer, two experts from the NECs of g7+ member states (Timor-Leste and Sao Tome and Principe), three officials from the g7+ Secretariat, and two local assistants, including the NEC focal point for the g7+ and the g7+ focal point within Guinea-Bissau’s Ministry of Planning.
The team will be deployed to assess the final day of campaigning and election day by observing the opening of polling stations, voting, counting and tabulation of results, as well as the post-election environment.
The Government of Timor-Leste, through the g7+ Fragile-to-Fragile cooperation program, provided assistance to support Guinea-Bissau in conducting voter registration and organizing elections in 2014. Building on the success of this initiative and subsequent election-related missions in some member countries the g7+ Election Observation was institutionalized in March 2023, in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The objective of this initiative is to observe electoral processes in member countries to help ensure that elections are conducted freely, fairly, peacefully, and democratically.
g7+ has already carried out election observations in the following g7+ member countries:
· Parliamentary Elections in Timor-Leste on 21 May 2023
· Parliamentary Elections in Guinea-Bissau on 4 June 2023
· General Elections in Sierra Leone on 24 June 2023
· General Elections in Liberia on 10 October 2023
· General Elections in the Solomon Islands on 17 April 2024
The g7+ mission will provide an independent and impartial assessment of the elections and offer recommendations in line with internationally accepted standards. These efforts contribute to peacebuilding, national reconciliation, and conflict prevention. END