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  • This house would abolish the GRC system

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    A Group Representation Constituency (GRC) is a constituency type in Singapore where teams of candidates, instead of individual candidates, compete to be elected as Members of Parliament representing their constituency. All members of the winning team will be elected into Parliament. Each team fielded by any party in GRCs during elections must consist of at least 1 member from a minority race.

    MID YEAR DEBATE INVITATIONALS 2025 · Quarterfinals · 2025-07-19

  • This house would ban public performances by ex-Yugoslav artists whose music predominantly promotes nationalism and ethnic conflict

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    In the Balkans, certain musicians, such as Marko Perković Thompson in Croatia and Baja Mali Knindža in Serbia, are known for songs that celebrate nationalist narratives, sometimes referencing historical conflicts or glorifying war crimes.

    Split Open 2025 · Round 1 · 2025-07-19

  • This house believes that post-colonial states should prioritize negative rights over positive rights

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    Negative Rights: These are rights that require others (typically the government) to abstain from interfering with individual actions. Examples include the right to free speech and the right to privacy. Positive Rights: These rights require others (usually the government) to provide certain services or goods to individuals. Examples include the right to education and the right to healthcare

    Indo-Pacific Pre-ABP 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-19

  • This house believes that the practice of private citizens conducting sting operations to entrap alleged pedophiles brings more harm than good

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    In some countries, private individuals or online groups pose as minors to lure and expose suspected pedophiles, often filming confrontations and posting them online

    Split Open 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-19

  • This House supports countries relaxing anti-trust policies for industries experiencing significant decline

    Ottawa Open 2025 · Round 4 · 2025-07-19

  • This house, as a progressive Supreme Court judge, would pursue reverse legislation as opposed to engaging in judicial activism

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    For the purpose of this debate, reverse legislation involves pursuing a legislative career in politics with the intention of overturning certain existing laws. On the other hand, judicial activism involves deciding cases in such a way that that reflects the judge's personal values while still remaining within the bounds of the law.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · High School Semifinals · 2025-07-18

  • This house believes that states should legally recognize queer found families

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    Queer found families are social units usually created by biologically unrelated LGBTQ+ individuals that perform filial functions typically observed in traditional biological families. (e.g., providing financial and emotional support)

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · Round 5 · 2025-07-18

  • This house would break up conglomerates dually operating as a private distributing utility and a RE supplier under GEOP (e.g., MERALCO & MGen Renewable Energy, Inc., Aboitiz Group's Davao Light and Power Co. & AboitizPower)

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    In the Philippines, the Green Energy Option Program (GEOP) allows electric consumers with higher-than-most energy consumptions (i.e, at least 100 kilowatt monthly peak demand) to voluntary select a Renewable Energy (RE) supplier as their source of power. Some RE suppliers in the Philippines are owned or controlled by large conglomerates which also own or control for- profit private distribution utilities.

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · Round 4 · 2025-07-18

  • This house would remove the tax exempt status of BMBEs engaged in the trading of sin goods

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    Barangay Micro Business Enterprises (BMBE) are business organizations whose assets do not exceed Php 3 million pesos. At present, BMBEs are exempted from the payment of national taxes. For the purpose of this debate, sin goods are products which can be legally bought but whose consumption is discouraged by the state (e.g. cigarettes, alcohol).

    16th Visayas-Mindanao Debate Championship · Round 2 · 2025-07-18

  • This house believes that [redacted] should provide [redacted] with a binding, unconditional security guarantee

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    A security guarantee is a commitment or assurance—often made by one country or organization to another—that it will provide protection or support in case of a threat, attack, or other security-related issue.

    Mexico City Pre-WSDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-15

  • In multiethnic states, This house prefers the use of devolved governments as opposed to centralised governments

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    Devolution is the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities. The devolved territories have the power to make legislation relevant to the area thus granting them a higher level of autonomy; this includes areas such as healthcare, law enforcement, education, etc.

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pre-NSDC 2025 · Novice Semifinals · 2025-07-14

  • This house, as the artistic community, would advocate for stricter control of transactions connected to buying and selling of art.

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    Rich people and criminals often use arts to minimize their tax burdens and launder money. This is usually done by inflating the estimated value of pieces of art that they own and then donating them or selling them for a low price, thereby presenting a loss and therefore a lower income, or by layering dirty money within art transactions, cleaning it in the process.

    Prague Debate Spring 2025 · Round 6 · 2025-07-14

  • This House believes that exclusive art spaces do more harm than good

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    Exclusive art spaces refer to exhibits or installations that restrict access to a certain group of people, generally on the basis of identity. The Ladies' Lounge in the Museum of Old New Art (MONA) in Tasmania, Australia is an example of a recent exclusive art space that bans cis men from entering the exhibit. The museum was subsequently the subject of a discrimination lawsuit which caused the lounge to close

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pre-NSDC 2025 · Round 3 · 2025-07-14

  • In multiethnic states, This house prefers the use of devolved governments as opposed to centralised governments

    Infoslide

    Devolution is the transfer of power from a central government to subnational (e.g., state, regional, or local) authorities. The devolved territories have the power to make legislation relevant to the area thus granting them a higher level of autonomy; this includes areas such as healthcare, law enforcement, education, etc.

    Gadjah Mada Eloquentia Pre-NSDC 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-07-14