Asian Parliamentary Debate Preliminary Considerations (What is a Debate?) (Why Asian Parliamentary?) 7 minute Speech per Speaker -Try to finish your speech in 7 minutes. A delay or overtime of a few seconds is forgivable but, as a precaution, do not go earlier than 6’4 or beyond 7’!. -"oints of #nformation $"%#& $"%#& are allowed allowed starting from the lapse of the first minute and barred from the si'th minute. These are points raised by the opposing house while a speech is ongoing. They may be raised after the ! st minute mar( up to 6 th minute mar( of the spea(er’s speech. The spea(er raising the "%# shall stand and say )point* or anything similar. +e shall wait until he is recognied before he can spea(. %nce recognied, he has seconds to deliver his peace then the speech speech of the current current spea(er spea(er shall continu continue. e. +owever +owever,, if the spea(er spea(er decides not to ta(e the point, the opposing spea(er shall sit with hands down and wait for another seconds or so until he may attempt to raise a point again. 1 Reply Speech per team -/eply -/eply speeches speeches only only last last for 4 minutes. minutes. This is the speech speech which which usually usually does not affect affect an ad0udicator’s decision. +owever, if the reply spea(er manages to persuade the ad0udicator why their side won, then he 0ust saved his team. The %pposition /eply 1pea(er $usually the 2eader of the %pposition or the 3eputy 2eader of the %pposition& spea(s first right after the %pposition hip has spo(en. The 5overnment /eply 1pea(er spea(s last $usually the "rime inister or the 3eputy "rime inister&. - o "%#s may be raised when a reply speech is being delivered. o new matter is allowed in reply speeches. #ts ob0ective is to persuade the 0udge why you won. ! minute Preparation "ime (Prep "ime) includin# $eto $eto -8eto is the process of choosing a motion from the 9 motions given in a round for both teams. :ven if the teams are yet to agree on a motion to debate upon, the 9-miute time limit starts running. :ach team shall ran( the motions !, and 9. hen a team ran(s a motion 9, then that motion is immediately disregarded.
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+owever, in case of a tie say, the government side ran(ed the motions as 9, , ! and the opposition side ran(s the motions as 9, !, , the motion ran(ed 9, in this case, the first motion, will immediately be disregarded. The tie shall be decided by a coin toss. #f the government side wins the coin toss, then the motion that they have ran(ed !, say the third motion shall be the debate. #n the same manner that if the opposition wins the coin toss, then the motion that they have ran(ed ! shall be the debate, in this e'ample, the second motion. Criteria %or &ud#in# (culled %rom Debate 1!1) anner 4= style of delivery> persuasion s(ills> conduct atter 4= substance> arguments and evidence> reasoning ethod = dynamism> observance of the rules Ad'udicators -They may vary in number as long as it is an odd number. The usual number of ad0es though is 9. Skills eeded *C + ," ?ritical Thin(ing ?reativity ?onfidence ?omposure 2ogic Trust among your team mates Speaker Roles 5overnment "rime inister 3eputy "rime inister 5overnment hip
%pposition 2eader of the %pposition 3eputy 2eader of the %pposition %pposition hip
Prime -inister 1. Status /uo Problem
?lamor -The reason why we debate -hy we have the motion@proposition
0. State the -otion T+ legalie mari0uana. T+
e.g. T+ legalie mari0uana; ou cannot legalie mari0uana in a place where it is already legal e.g. Iamaica. ou cannot li(ewise legalie the same in a country where it is absolutely impossible to do so e.g. #celand due to its conservative attitude on drugs affecting the human behavior. "ime rame -hen shall we adopt the propositionB -1hall we adopt it nowB e't yearB years from nowB -+ow shall we adopt itB #mmediatelyB 1lowlyB -ill there be a transition periodB These are guide Guestions in developing the time when the motion@proposition shall be implemented e.g.
#f your country has a high number of citiens with glaucoma, you might need to legalie mari0uana the soonest time you possibly can. +owever, if the spread is merely in its preliminary stage, you might want to have a transition period. 5laucoma- a disease of the optic nerve causing pressure to the eye that may leave to blindness ari0uana- smo(ed every 9 hours to lower eye pressure, medical indulgence through eye drops "ype o% Debate -hile this may not be a necessity in debates where the issues are obvious, this will still come in handy for semi-vague to vague motions as a matter of strategy. A. "olicy 3ebate J reGuires a mechanism e.g. a law or a mode of implementation <. Assessment @ 8alue Iudgment 3ebate J principles of the importance of the motion shall be 0udged, reGuires a criteria@standards C%T:; 1tandards are often provided for both types as safeguards for the setup. 2oal -hat do we want to achieveB -hy are we even tal(ing about thisB -hat is your ob0ectiveB
These are only some guide Guestions in coming up with a goal Standards -This is the gauge of your goal. -+ow effective is the proposition in achieving your goalB -hen will you say that the goal has been achievedB -hen will you say that it is time to abolish or legalie somethingB ou have to answer AT 2:A1T these Guestions otherwise, your opponent will answer it for you then you will get screwed. *. Ar#uments These are the reasons that will help your stance. For a "rime inister, it is highly recommended @ reGuired that you give "%1#T#8: A/5E:T1 in order to convince the 0udge that there is sufficient reason to believe you. ?ase 2ine; The title of your case. our case in a nutshell. a0or "remise; The basis of your case e.g. law or 0urisprudence or any other widely accepted principle. inor "remise; This is your stance. This is the application of the law in a certain set of facts you use to "/%8: your case. +B These are the important Guestions you must +%B ?%T#E%E12 answer to ma(e your 1% +ATB case believable. :'amples; ?onclusion; 1how what you have proven with your argument. This is usually e'pressed in a sentence or two. 2in(; /eturn everything bac( to the motion. /emember that the relevance of your argument to the motion should be shown to your ad0es.
CT#"; The arguments of the "@2% are usually the principled ones. 3. Wrap45p This is not reGuired but recommended to depict a picture that you are organied. This li(ewise eases the 0ob of the ad0 to recall what you have tal(ed about and its weight to the debate. This is usually done in the last 9 seconds.
,eader o% the 6pposition 1. Clash The stance of the opposition in a nutshell. The attac( of the opposition depends partly on the setup and partly on the spirit of the motion. The ob0ective is to destroy the government side. Attac( everything. e.g. 5iven the motion T+ legalie mari0uana, we beg to differ on the following points; !. it creates false hopes on glaucoma patients . #t gives a wrong perception to the public in shaping their attitudes on mind-affecting drugs 9. Any other stance@reason you may thin( about Then e'plain your stance in a nutshell. 0. Rebuttals This is the time when you get the opportunity to debun( your opponent’s arguments. e.g. 5overnment side said that there is a dire necessity to legalie mari0uana because it heals glaucoma. e say this is not true since the drug merely eases eye pressure and will have to be ta(en every 9 hours. :ach dosage shall be stronger than the last as the body reacts differently to every dosage. A strong degree of dependence attaches to the continuous usage of the drug resulting complication thereby aggravating a problem the notion never intended to resolve. CT#"; /ebut the premise.
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Deputy Prime -inister Deputy ,eader o% the 6pposition 1. Rebuild This is your opportunity to defend yourself from the attac(s of the other side. hen your " or 2% has been destroyed, you shall prove your side to be the correct ones. /e-establish your side in the debate. )/ebut the other side’s rebuttals.* 0. Rebuttals This is your opportunity to destroy the arguments of the opposing side. 1ee also rebuttals under 2%. . Ar#uments Follow the format of the arguments as discussed above. +owever, this time, your arguments should be more factual than principled. As a second spea(er, you are trying to further the case of your side by showing the ad0 that the principles you fight for e'ists on can e'ist in the real word. CT#"; atterloadD ou have to (now a lot. Keep yourselves updated of what’s going on around you. *. Wrap45p Follow the " format
2o8ernment Whip 6pposition Whip 1. Recap 5ive a summary of the debate, state the stand of both houses in a nutshell 0. Rebuttals 3ebun( the arguments of the last constructive spea(ers. . 9ssues "resent the issues of the debate. #ssues represent the points where both houses collided. These are reflected in their arguments> hence, a whip spea(er should be a K:: observer. e.g. First #ssue; % mari0uana is the solution to the increase of glaucoma patients. 1ide government said LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. 1ide %pposition said LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. Therefore, we on the MhouseN are right because LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL. C%T:; -hip spea(ers are not allowed to introduce matters not previously spo(en off by the ! st and nd spea(ers. +owever, they may analye the discussions of their previous spea(ers in a new light to convince the ad0 that their side will win no matter what perspective we consider. -The whip spea(er is in a very responsive and time pressured spea(ing position. All decisions regarding the structure and analysis within the speech must be made within the conte't of the debate, often in very limited periods of time during which rapid dynamic changes in the debate may be occurring as the e'tensions are introduced. -Framing of issues and creation of integrating analysis must be split second decisions.
