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  • This house believes in the right to suffrage of convicted citizens

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    In the Philippines, convicted persons with final prison sentences of more than a year are disqualified from voting in elections during the time of their incarceration. The disqualification does not apply to individuals without a final sentence or those with a final sentence of less than a year.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · High School Semifinals · 2025-08-02

  • This house believes that it is in the best interest of ASEAN member states to distance itself from the principle of non-interference

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    The ASEAN principle of non-interference prohibits member states from interfering in each other's internal affairs (e.g., politics, human rights, or governance), emphasizing sovereignty and consensus-based diplomacy.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · High School Finals · 2025-08-02

  • This house believes in the right to suffrage of convicted citizens

    Infoslide

    In the Philippines, convicted persons with final prison sentences of more than a year are disqualified from voting in elections during the time of their incarceration. The disqualification does not apply to individuals without a final sentence or those with a final sentence of less than a year.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-08-02

  • This house regrets EPIRA

    Infoslide

    The Electric Power Industry Reform Act of 2001 (EPIRA law) restructured the Philippine power sector through privatization and deregulation, promoted by international institutions like the Asian Development Bank as part of post- Asian Financial Crisis reforms. It dissolved the state monopoly (NPC/NAPOCOR), created competitive generation markets, and established the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM). While attracting $23B in private investments (2001-2019) and increasing generation capacity by 80%, critics argue it failed to deliver promised affordability, residential rates remain among Asia's highest.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Magayon Cup Finals · 2025-08-02

  • This house believes in the right to suffrage of convicted citizens

    Infoslide

    In the Philippines, convicted persons with final prison sentences of more than a year are disqualified from voting in elections during the time of their incarceration. The disqualification does not apply to individuals without a final sentence or those with a final sentence of less than a year.

    Bicol Debate Union Rookies Asian Parliamentary 2025 · Magayon Cup Semifinals · 2025-08-02

  • This House, as the young alien superhuman, Would embrace the vision of their alien father.

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    You are a young alien superhuman living on Earth. You were raised by a kind and grounded human family who taught you the value of humility, everyday life, and trust in human systems. You’ve grown up believing in the importance of restraint : that your powers should be used only when absolutely necessary, and always within the boundaries of law and society. Recently, you’ve discovered messages left by your biological alien father. He believes that Earth is unstable and that your superior abilities give you a duty to rise above others to guide, protect, and, shape civilisation. He urges you to embrace your potential by taking leadership and shaping the world around you. You now face a decision: whether to live as a normal human who occasionally uses your powers to help others while working within existing communal belief system or to embrace your alien heritage and take a proactive role in reshaping and altering existing power structures.

    IUT IC 2025 · Grand Final · 2025-08-01

  • This house supports the rise of notable political actors forming radical third party alternatives (Corbyn's new party in the UK, Musk's new party in the US)

    IUT IC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-01

  • In countries experiencing democratic backsliding, This house believes that civil society groups should shift their advocacy from substantive policy goals (e.g. legalizing abortion or gay marriage) to critiquing violations of democratic norms (e.g. infringing on the independence of courts, removing constitutional safeguards) *civil society groups are non-state based organizations and movements that advocate for social and political issues.

    World Schools Debating Championships 2025 · Round 8 · 2025-08-01

  • This house would recognise moral necessity as a mitigating factor in sentencing individuals guilty of criminal acts carried out in response to adverse institutional action (using fake identities to protect undocumented refugees, damaging infrastructure used for resource extraction on indigenous lands, hacking digital infrastructure of exploitative pharma companies, etc.)

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2025 · Open Semifinals · 2025-07-26

  • This house believes that sovereign wealth funds in emerging markets should not list national champions on foreign stock exchanges (e.g., NYSE, LSE, etc...)

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    A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is a state-owned investment fund that governments use to invest surplus revenues and other financial reserves. They often hold significant equity stakes in national champions, which are large and strategically important companies typically linked to key sectors of national importance. Some popular examples include Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund holding stakes in Saudi Aramco, Temasek Holdings in Singapore holding stakes in Singapore Airlines and Singtel, Khazanah Nasional Berhad in Malaysia holding stakes in Telekom Malaysia and Tenaga Nasional, etc...

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-07-26

  • This house believes that countries should aggressively posture against China's grey zone tactics in the South China Sea

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    For the purposes of this debate, Chinese grey zone tactics are coercive, low- level actions that include the use of maritime militias and coast guard patrols in territorially ambiguous areas. They operate just below the threshold of war especially in areas like the South China Sea and Taiwan - while avoiding direct military escalation. Territorially ambiguous areas are geographic zones where jurisdiction is unclear or contested in practice but not formalized in law - often due to vague geographic features (e.g., submerged reefs), overlapping maritime entitlements, or imprecise claims (e.g., China’s nine-dash line).

    Vivaatam Pre-ABP 2025 · Round 5 · 2025-07-26