Presidential bets to be grouped into 3 as Comelec revises debate format

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Nine of 10 presidential candidates together in one photo prior to the start of the Comelec-sponsored presidential debate on Saturday, March 19, 2022.

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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections is adopting changes to its presidential debate format “to give a more substantial debate” through dividing the candidates into groups and by allocating more time for them to tackle debate topics.

 

“For the upcoming debate [on] April 3, there will be one general question that will be posed for all the candidates to answer and this will happen at the start of the debate,” Comelec spokesperson James Jimenez said in a briefing on Thursday.

 

“But for each succeeding segment, candidates will be divided in groups of three where each group will be given one question essentially to debate on,” Jimenez added

 

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