A debate It is “a formal and organized discussion that is characterized by exchange of ideas or opinions between two or more people with opposite positions on a given topic” from the Royal Spanish Academy REA. In the case of the presidential debates The few “undecided” voters who take the time to see and listen to them overwhelmingly end up disappointed with the format approved by the INE and this happens election after election; where debates end up being monologues by the candidates, rigid formats that hinder the debate and even frustrate it; They are exercises where many times the moderators end up being the protagonists over the candidates.
There are examples in all elections repeatedly, to show complaints about flaws in the format of the presidential debates For this 2024 election, a stiff format with time slots in which if a candidate decides not to answer certain questions, he or she simply runs out of time and avoids being able to answer. Another example is given right here at Sinaloa where the INE does not agree to improve its format and production of the debate on the formulas Senate and finally BRUNETTE Out of consistency he decides not to attend the second debate.
I think it is a correct decision on the part of MORENA and its candidates Imelda Castro and Enrique Inzunza, in fact more candidates for the Senate could join this rejection and set a precedent that forces the INE to relax its rigidity in the “debate” formats that it they organize. On the other hand, it is totally valid for a candidate to decide by strategy not to attend certain debates, considering that the format does not privilege informing “undecided” voters, since the hard voting base of a candidate or party is hardly It is going to change because of a debate, especially because of this type of useless “debates” that are organized by the INE. Likewise, as a matter of strategy, a candidate may decide not to attend a debate because he or she considers that its organization, venue or format is biased, and finally, it is valid for a candidate to decide not to attend a debate if his or her internal numbers in his or her measurement surveys are so high that they allow them to avoid unnecessary beating and still win the votes comfortably.
In any case, this should serve for citizens and deputies to legislate on electoral matters to free up the debates, and in turn order the INE advisors to have more dynamic debate formats, confrontational about their different ideas with immediate responses, with more moderators. professionals who understand that they are there to help privilege the discussion between candidates and not between candidates and “moderators.” The debates must be so free that they become more attractive to voters, because this could increase citizen participation in voting. Hopefully, in the near future, intelligence will prevail to improve debates and not the foolishness that has characterized the INE in In recent years, in this as in many other issues, the electoral referee has long lacked impartiality and takes sides as if he were just another player.
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