Guinea’s General Directorate of Elections (DGE) has announced new financial regulations for candidates in the December 28 presidential election.
According to the DGE, each candidate must pay a deposit of 900 million Guinean francs — about 58 million CFA francs — to the Public Treasury no later than 50 days before election day.
The DGE also set a spending cap of 40 billion Guinean francs, or roughly 2 billion CFA francs per candidate. Any amount spent beyond this limit will be considered a breach of the Electoral Code and subject to legal sanctions.
The decision has drawn mixed reactions among politicians and the public. While some view it as a move toward accountability, others argue that it restricts political participation. Notably, the main opposition parties, RPG Arc-en-ciel and UFDG, are absent from the provisional list of 66 candidates.
