KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug 19, CMC – Prime Minister Andrew Holness and the person seeking his job, Mark Golding, will face each other in a national debate on August 28, the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) announced on Tuesday.
JDC chairman, Brian Schmidt, told a news conference that there will be a group format for the first time in the 23-year history of the debates organised by the Commission ahead of the September 3 general election.
According to the JDC, the debates will be held on August 23, August 26 and on August 28.
The first debate on Saturday will be on social issues and will bring Damion Crawford, Raymond Pryce and Sophia Fraser-Binns of the main opposition People’s National Party (PNP) against government ministers Pearnel Charles Jr, Kamina Johnson-Smith and Matthew Samuda re[resenting the ruling Jamaica Labour Party (JLP).
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