THE Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) will today host a one-day training exercise for the local media corps, ahead of the May 11 General and Regional elections.

The Commission says the undertaking is a “deliberate strategy” to promote comprehensive understanding about elections management procedures among media practitioners.

“(The) one-day training exercise especially targets journalists who would be responsible for covering election-related issues, as well as the respective editors from all media houses/agencies. The primary (objectives) of this training exercise (are) to improve understanding among media practitioners relative to pertinent electoral issues, as well as to promote accurate reporting,” GECOM said in a recent statement.

The exercise is, moreover, aimed at enhancing GECOM’s media relations by establishing direct points of liaison in all of the media houses/agencies.