Debate Mechanics:

Debate Type: Asian Parliamentary

Participants: 12
Groups: 4
Adjudicators: 3
1. The Debate will be consisting of 12 participants from different universities.
2. The said participants shall be grouped according to their respective universities
which only consist of 3 members per team
3. The teams shall be given time to discuss their presentation and argumentation.
Pre-debate conferences administered by organizers shall be done at least 2 hours
before the competition.
4. Each debating team is composed of 3 members. For the Government; we have
the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and Government Whip and for the
Opposition we have the Leader of the Opposition, Deputy Leader of
Opposition, and Opposition Whip.
5. The 3 members of the Government and Opposition have given only 7 minutes
speeches.
6. The Deputy Prime Minister is charged with giving a 4 minute reply speech that
clarifies the debate from the government perspective without bringing forth new
arguments.
7. Like the Government team, the Deputy Leader of Opposition is charged with
giving a 4 minute reply speech that clarifies the debate from the Opposition
perspective without bringing forth new arguments.
8. Points of Information: In the 7 minute speeches, the opposing team can stand
up and ask for Points of Information (POI) after the first minute and until the sixth
minute. A POI should be brief question or comment and not a long-winged
monologue or back and forth cross- examination session
9. Speakers must observe parliamentary language i.e. bad language is not
permitted.

10. The use of Props is not permitted in a debate.

11. Summation Speeches are privileged to both parties and can only be conducted
AFTER the last speech of the opposition. This last segment of the debate shall
have the duration of 2 minutes and shall be delivered by the Prime Minister and the
Leader of the Opposition.
Criteria for Judging
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D.

PRESENTATION OF EVIDENCE 25 %
DELIVERY OF THE SPEECH/ CASE- 30%
INTERPELLATION- 30%
REBUTTAL- 15%

Elimination