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When they meet before the cameras in August, the three party leaders will be facing off in a national debate organized for the first time by someone other than the Election Broadcasting Consortium.

Like a car that just won't start, Campaign 2015 is running on empty, lacking the fuel of real issues to keep the election engine running.

Joy TV and Zodiak Broadcasting Station have reached out to incumbent Football Association of Malawi (FAM) president Mac Millan Walter Nyamilandu and his growing list of challengers to propose a television debate ahead of December 18 elections.

Although Americans now expect televised presidential debates, there is often some confusion about how those debates come to be every four years.

Rowley also said he is “always ready” to participate in the national leaders debate stating the record would show that the PNM has never backed down from a debate hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission (TTDC).

Rowley, who said the commission had assured him the debate would take place after nomination day, said while a national debate would be useful he would not be relying on it to debate with the population.

Two live-broadcast debates between the leaders of the People's National Movement (PNM) and the People's Partnership (PP) will be held on August 20 and August 27, according to a statement released by the T&T Debates Commission (TTDC).

The great debate between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley before the September 7 general election may not happen, as the two are not budging from their positions.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night challenged Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley to battle her one on one in a national debate on July 30.

El diputado Juan Manuel Pedrini (FpV), miembro de una subcomisión que funciona dentro de la de Asuntos Constitucionales, dejó abierta la posibilidad de que en las elecciones presidenciales de este año pueda aplicarse la ley de debate entre los candidatos.

WE are pleased to know that the Trinidad and Tobago Debates Commission (TTDC) is making progress with regards to sponsorship of two proposed national debates ahead of the September 7 general election.

Tiempo FM entrevistó a Hernán Charosky, Sociólogo Licenciado y Master en Políticas Públicas, Coordinador general del proyecto “Argentina Debate”.