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Second candidate debate issues will be more specific: Commission
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All ready – A garbage scavenger passes in front of a billboard emblazoned with the pictures of the three Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pairs on Jl. TB Simatupang, South Jakarta, on Jan.17. The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) placed the billboard to call all residents to cast their votes in the gubernatorial election scheduled for Feb.15. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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he Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) has said the second gubernatorial debate scheduled for Jan. 27 will raise more specific issues, through which all candidates will be able to convey their ideas more comprehensively.
“The debate’s themes will still be about city problems, but we will limit it to only one or two issues. Panelists will explore further the themes when they raise questions about them,” KPU Jakarta head Sumarno told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
He admitted issues raised in the first gubernatorial debate on Jan. 13 were too general. Not only discussing about social and economic issues, the candidates also discussed issues in the fields of the environment, transportation and education, he went on.
“The issues were actually good but during the debate, the candidates didn’t have time to answer questions well because the issues were too general while the duration was limited. Their explanations were not deep,” Sumarno said, adding that the debate duration was only 90 minutes.
The election official further said KPU Jakarta would evaluate the first debate with the campaign teams of each candidate pair and several experts. The KPU would later decide the issues for the next debate, he added.
Sumarno said KPU Jakarta was now considering several issues for the debate. Among the issues are bureaucratic reform, public services, spatial planning and women and child protection.
After setting the issues, KPU Jakarta would engage several panelists to prepare questions for the debate, he said. (ebf)
