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La presidente Jeaninne Áñez Chávez, presentó el proyecto de ley que obligaría a los candidatos presidenciales a debatir en el marco de la campaña electoral, con el objetivo de promover el voto informado, acción que fue aplaudida a nivel nacional por diferentes actores políticos como el alcalde

Los cantones y provincias con más de 100.000 electores deberán, además, tener debates entre los candidatos para alcaldes. Para los presidenciales, la asistencia será mandatoria.

Durante el debate presidencial, Alberto Fernández descolocó a sus contrincantes al poner sobre la mesa el reclamo por la soberanía sobre las islas. Todos los candidatos reformularon su discurso para alinearse con el pensamiento del actual presidente.

So far just five candidates (Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Sanders, and Warren) have met the Democratic National Committee’s more stringent polling and fundraising criteria for participation.

Tunisia held presidential debates ahead of its Sept. 15 presidential election, the first time any Arab country had leading candidates debate policy and defend their records. The debates were the result of five years of campaigning by the Munathara Initiative, a Tunisia-based organization, and the

Taiwan’s relationship with China was the focus of the presidential debate on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 29) in which President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) accused her main challenger, Han Kuo-yu (韓國瑜) of the Kuomintang (KMT), of kowtowing to China.

The 2.5-hour debate will be divided into four segments, beginning with an 8-minute opening statement by each of the three candidate. In the second segment, the candidates will take five questions posed by media outlets and be given 2 minutes and 30 seconds to answer each of the questions.

El debate, organizado por el regulador legislativo Citizen Congress Watch (CCW) y Formosa TV (FTV), fue el primero de una serie de ejercicios televisados para las elecciones del 11 de enero.

“The contested parties presented their political platforms and the media hosted debates and for the first time many of them were held live. However, the debate rules are still quite restrictive and the range of political options remains limited,” Tsereteli said in Tashkent on December 23.

“[The candidates] deserve a lot of credit because the debate is a really valuable tool for them to reach out to the nation, and yet they were willing to stand by 150 workers who were trying to win livable wages and affordable healthcare,” says Susan Minato, executive vice president of Unite Here

Only 5 candidates, so far, have qualified for the next debate, which will be held on Jan. 14 in Des Moines.

"The debates like we have now, discussions like those taking place, they didn't exist," Ali Kakhkhorov, editor of the Repost.uz news portal and one of the journalists at the debate, said, referring to the previous elections under Karimov.