The general elections are over and Yamandu Orsi and Alvaro Delgado They will be the ones who face each other in the November 24 runoff and before that, they must undergo the mandatory debate.
The Electoral Court is in charge of organizing and coordinating the debate together with the political commands of each candidate, who will determine the day and time, as well as the rules of the meeting and the moderators who will participate.
Thus, law 19,827 of 2019 establishes that it is mandatory “to hold a debate between the candidates for the Presidency of the Republic who, having not achieved the absolute majority of votes required to be elected, must appear in a second election.”
In that sense, if any of the candidates refuse to participate, the State will deny them the corresponding contribution that covers the expenses of the second electoral round.
The keys to the debate
According to what was stipulated, the meeting between the candidate of the Wide Front and the National Party It will be broadcast live on radio and television on a national network and would not last more than hours.
So far, it is the information that weighs although it is necessary to pay attention to the previous debate between the current president, Luis Lacalle Pou, and Daniel Martinez in 2019 to put forward some questions. At that time, the debate took place at 9 p.m. and was broadcast after an institutional message. Furthermore, at the beginning of the debate, both candidates had an initial minute and a half.
At that time, the debate was led by moderators from gender parity and they also had a person who translated into sign language. On the other hand, electoral advertising was not allowed between the thematic blocs and the costs of the meeting were financed with the credits granted by the organization of the first and second round of the elections.
During that meeting, the candidates underwent five discussion blocks, four thematic and one closing. The topics to be developed were social security, country vision and role of the State, social integration and security, human development and economic development and employment.
Source: Ambito
