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Until a few years ago, there was no Hebrew word for debate. Then in 2012, linguists adopted the term “mamat,” whose root means “confrontation,” which Yoni Cohen-Idov, an international debating champion, sees as symptomatic of what ails his nation’s political discourse.

Majority of respondents call for debate between Netanyahu and party leaders - but still prefer him over Herzog.

El clima político ya está tenso y los medios sociales nigerianos han estado caldeados con conversaciones acerca de las elecciones.

At some point it all looked like Gen. Buhari and his All Progressives Congress (APC) team would pose a deadly serious threat to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and wreck their chances of returning the incumbent President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan to power come May 29. But all the early good works

The much-anticipated debate between former IPS officer and BJP's chief ministerial candidate for Delhi Kiran Bedi and Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal may not happen after all, as Ms Bedi has said she prefers a debate in the Delhi Assembly instead.

The Nigerian Election Debate Group (NEDG) has appealed to the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its presidential campaign organization not to boycott the debates being organized by the group for presidential candidates.

Mr. Isaac Ighure, the General Secretary of the Nigerian Guild of Editors has on Friday stated that Nigerians have shown positivity by sending in over 6,000 questions for the presidential debates, which is organized by the Nigeria Election Debate Group.

The Labour Party (LP) Saturday gave reasons why the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) should participate in the planned debate for candidates in the upcoming February 14 elections.

According to Chief Dr. Chekwas Okorie, the presidential candidate of the United Progressive Party (UPP), the scheduled presidential debate between all 14 presidential candidates and their running mates is one such event in the current development of democracy in Nigeria that should not be boycotted.

The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation said on Friday that the decision by the All Progressives Congress [APC] not to participate in the presidential debate being organized by the Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON) is simply to shield from Nigerians and the

The Nigeria Elections Debate Group (NEDG) on Thursday in Abuja said it was not aware of the purported boycott of the Presidential and Vice Presidential debate by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The second and final round of presidential debates lived up to the pre-stage hype with the candidates making the most of their hour in the limelight to press their case for election on Tuesday.