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Based on the tele-survey conducted by INDIKATOR, the Presidential Debates have no significant effect as majority of the public have determined their electoral preference. The gap between both candidates only differed by 0.9% as compared to the previous survey results.

Plans are well on stream for this week’s launch of the Congress of the People (COP)’s internal election debate series. Coordinator Kenny Lue Chee Lip said yesterday that the series will add a new dimension to the party’s tradition of hosting debates for candidates who desire to hold key positions in

Presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has taken the day prior to the second presidential debate to visit a local religious leader in Surakarta and pay his respects to his late father, Notomiharjo.

Candidate pairs Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko “Jokowi” Widodo-Jusuf Kalla shared their insights into democracy during the first of five presidential debates that took place at Balai Sarbini in Jakarta, on Monday.

The Antigua Christian Council says it has been forced to scrap plans for a political debate between the leaders of the two main political parties ahead of the June 12 general election, after Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer failed to respond to the initiative.

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has asked the General Elections Commission (KPU) to include the topic of child protection as part of the presidential debate before the election on July 9. "We want to push the issue of child protection as one of the debate topics for the scheduled

Monday's northern leader's debate wasn't just a forum for politicians to trade barbs with one another. A few dozen labour leaders and social activists saw it as a chance to get their message across to Liberal Leader Kathleen Wynne and NDP Leader Andrea Horwath, seeking a voice and a spot on a party

For a desk-bound producer, tracking the Ontario provincial election often involves trying to monitor conflicting events. All three parties often have their leaders in front of cameras between 8 a.m. and 9 a.m. Most mornings each leader does a quick photo op and sometimes adds a brief policy

Rob Ford is on the sidelines, but the city’s controversial leader remains a strong presence among the candidates who want to replace him, with contenders jockeying for position as the best choice to continue his agenda or move away from it.

NDP Leader Andrea Horwath came out swinging at the first leaders’ debate of the June 12th Ontario election campaign on Monday in Thunder Bay, calling the Liberal government corrupt.

Tim Hudak dodged questions as to why he chose to snub Monday's televised leaders debate in northern Ontario, opting instead to visit a southern Ontario factory to warn he would freeze public-sector wages.

Renat Kuzmin, the former deputy prosecutory general, and Oleh Lyashko, the nationalist Radical Party leader, participate in debates ahead of Ukraine's May 25 presidential election.