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Minister of Regional Affairs — Election Debate: Rules and Format
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RULES AND FORMAT

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TIME

The debate will begin at exactly 12:30 p.m. (Australian Eastern Daylight Time), Friday the 8th, which is:
  • 1:30 a.m., Friday (Greenwich Mean Time)
  • 5:30 p.m., Thursday (Pacific Standard Time)
  • 6:30 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time)
  • 7:30 p.m. (Central Standard Time)
  • 8:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
LOCATION

This is a live Discord debate. It will be held on TSP's Discord server, in a channel called '#Conference Hall'. Only the Moderator and the participants will have permission to post in the channel. All other members will have viewing permission.

MODERATOR

The moderator is Amerion.

PARTICIPANTS

All the candidates for Minister of Regional Affairs have agreed to take part; Islands of Unity, The Serres Republic, and Beepee.

DEBATE FORMAT

The debate will be divided into three segments (1) Regional and Forum Activity (2) Integration of new players (3) Culture.

At the beginning and the end of the debate, candidates shall have a minute each to provide their opening/concluding remarks. The sequence will be based off the ballot order (detailed below)

SEGMENT FORMAT

Each segment will begin with the moderator asking a question based on the theme of the segment. The first respondent will have one minute to respond. The other two participants will have one minute to respond as well. This will be followed by seven minutes of open debate along the lines of the theme.

The moderator may ask follow-up questions related to the theme. The participants will each have an opportunity to give a one minute answer to that question.

The moderator may interrupt a candidate if they stray too far from the theme.

ORDER OF RESPONSES

The sequence is based on the ballot order:
  1. Islands of Unity
  2. The Serres Republic
  3. Beepee
The first respondent to the first segment shall be Islands of Unity, The Serres Republic will be the first respondent to the second segment, and Beepee will be the first respondent to the third segment. Following their statements, the second respondent will be the person below them in the above list. For example, Beepee will follow The Serres Republic and Islands of Unity will follow Beepee.
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TRANSCRIPT

The spoiler below contains the transcript of the Discord Debate held in the #conference-hall channel of The South Pacific's Discord server.

The moderator would like to thank the candidates for their participation and wishes them all the best in the upcoming election. Special thanks also goes out to the citizens who submitted questions for the debate.

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