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The manual set out hereafter, reflects many of the practices that the Jamaica Debates Commission has carried out in the staging of political debates during the general election cycles of 2002 and 2007 and attempts to cover the main areas that should be considered in the staging of political debates.

An opinion piece by Trevor Fearon.

The Institute of Economic Affairs, IEA, has since the year 2000, Torganised Presidential Election Debates ahead of each of the national presidential elections. In 2008, two debates were carried out. The theme for the debates was “Strengthening the Pillars of Ghana's Democracy”. The first of these

Campaign 2004 has all the earmarks of an election that could turn on the presidential debates. John Kerry’s electoral fortunes depend heavily on his ability to ease concerns about his leadership. He must also convince voters that Bush has mishandled the situation in Iraq and has not done a good job