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There will be two 'live' GE2020 debates on July 1, 2020.
The two General Election 2020 political debates will be conducted in English and Mandarin on Channel 5 and 8 respectively this evening.
It will be called “Singapore Votes 2020 – The Political Debate” and will be one-hour long. The debate will comprise two segments.
The four parties with the most number of candidates at the General Election - the People’s Action Party (PAP), Progress Singapore Party (PSP), Workers' Party (WP) and Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) – will be sending a candidate to each of the debates.
In the first segment, a moderator will ask the four candidates a series of questions on topics including unemployment, helping businesses, and social mobility.
In the second segment, candidates will get to ask questions of other candidates in a structured sequence as well as answer questions posed to them by other candidates.
The English debate will be aired “live” on Channel 5 at 8pm, with a simulcast on CNA938 radio and livestreams on meWatch, cna.asia, CNA YouTube and CNA Facebook as well as a delayed telecast the same night on CNA at 9pm.
The Mandarin debate will be aired “live” on Channel 8 at 9pm, with a simulcast on CAPITAL 958 and livestreams on meWatch and 8world.com.