Debate Topics

Debate Topics

Education

- Policy on Tertiary Education and financing

- Early Childhood Policies

- Retraining Programs

Health and Social Services

- Construction/ Refurbishment of Hospitals and health centres

- Expansion of Health Services, including 24-hr health centres

- Adequate Equipment and Staffing for existing hospitals and health centres

- Funding for special medical cases where treatment is required abroad

Environment

- Agriculture

- Food Security

National and Personal Security

- Drug Interdiction

- Gang control

- Gun control

- Crime Detection policies

- Police Service Reform proposals

- Infrastructure for Police Service

- Training

- Issues in the Judiciary including courtroom backlogs

- Reform of method of appointing offices including DPP

- Issues of Corruption

Public Utilities and National Infrastructure

- Electricity Grid

- Water Security

- Road Network

- Public Transport

Economy and Finance

- Foreign Exchange Policy

- Debt Policy

- Economic Diversification

- Policies on Management of the current recession

- Employment Policy and Job Creation

- Poverty Alleviation and Eradication

- Vision 2020

Constitutional Reform

- Local Government Reform

- Term Limits

- Executive Presidency

- Right of Recall Constitution

People's Forum

Questions fielded from members of the public and the press corps.

- 5 questions to be submitted by each Candidate, 2-3 of which will be posed to the opposing candidate

as selected by the moderator on the evening of the debate.

- 10 questions (or more, depending on time constraints) submitted by the public electronically via Facebook, Twitter, email, fax and interviews with the general public.

- 5 questions to be selected from a pool submitted by members of the Press.