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As a prelude to the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria, February5 has been scheduled for Presidential elections debates. The platform will provide aspirants ample opportunity to explain their mission and vision to the citizens.

En poco más del 80 por ciento los argentinos quieren que los aspirantes a la Presidencia de la Nación tengan la obligación de debatir al menos una vez antes de enfrentarse en los comicios generales del presente año.

Les candidats républicains à l'investiture présidentielle américaine en 2016 auront moins d'occasions de se déchirer en public qu'en 2012, le parti ayant annoncé que seuls neuf débats seraient autorisés, contre une vingtaine il y a quatre ans.

The broadcasters can't "empty chair" the Prime Minister - he may well get what he wants.

Los debates son el único momento en que podemos ver a los candidatos presidenciales en una situación en la que no están totalmente preparados y no tienen control de la situación.

The Republican National Committee announced Friday that it will sanction at least nine presidential primary debates, starting this August in Ohio and continuing through March 2016, with the potential to add three more.

David Cameron is yet to commit to taking part in a televised leaders’ debate before this year’s general election and is engaged in a semi-public negotiation with the other parties and the broadcasters about whether a debate will take place and, if so, what the lineup and format should be.

Now that Nigeria is off the shore of democratic nascency, it is pertinent to develop a platform, credible enough to educate voters by giving candidates of political parties an ample opportunity to address the electorate in order to minimise the risk of blind voting.

The Labour leader accused Mr Cameron of "ducking and weaving" by refusing to sign up to the debates and said they should go ahead with or without the Tory leader.

David Cameron should be replaced with an 'empty chair' if he refuses to take part in TV election debates, Ed Miliband said today.

Ahead of the elections in February, advocacy group, EiE Nigeria is organizing a Presidential and Governorship election debate series called “The Peoples’ Debate”

Badly burnt by what happened last time, the Tories set out to sabotage the negotiations right from the start.