Lessons from Indonesia’s debates


Presidential candidate from the Great Indonesia Movement party, Prabowo Subianto (R) greets and smiles to Presidential candidate from the Indonesia Democratic Party for Struggle, Joko Widodo (L) shortly after a debate among candidates in Jakarta, Indonesia, 15 June 2014. Indonesia will hold the presidential election on 09 July 2014. EPA

It’s time for Malaysian politicians to square off in the debating arena and let the people decide.

LAST week, an estimated 50 million Indonesians watched four men arguing on live television about government policy.

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Opinion , Karim Raslan

   

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