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La participación conjunto de siete de los ocho candidatos a la jefatura del Estado que competirán en los comicios del próximo 15-M representa un esfuerzo importante en la línea de que en la República Dominicana se instituyan los debates como ocurre en la mayoría de los países donde se realizan

Uno de los ejes de la reforma política en la que ya trabaja el Gobierno incluye la regulación de los debates presidenciales. Read more at Bing Bang News.

Gayle's findings signal that the PNP, displaying unconcealed arrogance, rubbed Jamaicans the wrong way when it opted out of a leadership debate, at the 11th hour, to which it had agreed. Read more at The Gleaner.

Fair warning to presidential candidates participating in upcoming presidential debates: your inappropriate nonverbal behavior is noticed, and it could overshadow the substance of what you say. Read more at Newswise.

Most of your writers have rightly indicated that the holding of pre-election debates further the democratic process and is a sign of political maturity. A minority have queried the relevance and importance of such debates, and for these, we wish to share some of the information that the Jamaica

The Green Party has lost its legal challenge against a decision by RTÉ which resulted in its exclusion from the political parties' leaders' debate which takes place tonight. Read more at RTE News.

If you think the Republican primary debates have been boring, aren't relevant and have done little to shape the course of the primary season, you would be dead wrong. Read more at CNBC.

If you think the Republican primary debates have been boring, aren't relevant and have done little to shape the course of the primary season, you would be dead wrong... Most importantly, voters are not only tuning in, they seem to be making decisions based on the what happens in the debates. Read

According to the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) 'Media Coverage of the 2016 elections January 2016 findings', the five received more media coverage in January than they did in December. Read more at All Africa.

The debate brings into our living rooms the contest of ideas. More importantly, the live debates unite in one space all our leaders who would ordinarily find it unacceptable to share the same space with sworn political opponents. Read more at All Africa.

It is for this reason that we want to suggest that the presidential debate becomes a gazetted activity on the election calendar and should be part of the Independent Electoral Commission’s roadmap in the future. Read more at NewVision.