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  • THBT the Indian National Congress should have dissolved itself after the 2014 general election.

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    The Indian National Congress (INC) is currently the principal opposition party in India. The INC was in power from the first national election held in 1952 upto 1977, from 1980 to 1989, 1991 to 1996 and lastly from 2004 to 2014. In the 2014 National Elections the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) led coalition won 336 out 545 seats, with the BJP alone winning 282 seats. The INC won 44 seats and lost 162 of the seats it previously held.

    India WUDC Fundraiser · Round 2 · 2025-09-26

  • The papal conclave is the process by which the college of cardinals of the catholic church elects a new pope. it is a gathering of the cardinal electors, convened to choose the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the catholic church. Assuming feasibility, This House would elect the Pope through direct voting by all catholics instead of the papal conclave.

    East African Debate Championship 2025 · Octofinals · 2025-09-23

  • A mandatory youth quota is a policy that requires a certain percentage of young people to be included in decision making bodies. Policies, initiatives that don't receive more than half of the support of the youth involved in the process are automatically rejected. This House proposes a mandatory youth qouta in all East African community decision making bodies.

    East African Debate Championship 2025 · Round 2 · 2025-09-23

  • This House believes that the East African Youth Ambassadors should be directly elected by the youth in their states.

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    The East African Youth Ambassadors Platform is a youth engagement platform initiative whose primary goal is to foster youth participation in National and Regional Governance as well as EAC Integration processes. The selection of the East African Youth Ambassadors is managed by the East African Youth Community Secretariat through its Nyerere Centre for Peace Research and the process involves a competitive annual regional integration themed debate.

    East African Debate Championship 2025 · Grand Finals · 2025-09-23

  • This house regrets the dissolution of habatsu within the Liberal Democratic Party

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    "A habatsu is a formal faction within Japan's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), acting as a ""party within a party."" They were unique as a highly institutionalized system that controlled LDP politics through patronage, fundraising, and power-brokering. Unlike informal cliques, habatsu had official names, leaders, and offices. Their primary function was to secure ministerial posts and party positions for their members in exchange for loyalty. In late 2023, it was revealed that key factions had systematically failed to report millions of yen from fundraising parties, channeling the money into illegal slush funds. In response to plummeting approval ratings caused by the revealed corruption, the scandal led to the dissolution of most major factions."

    IIUM KUANTAN ABP · English as a Foreign Language Semifinals · 2025-09-12

  • This house opposes the ban of Bangladesh Awami League by the interim government

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    The July Revolution of 2024 in Bangladesh was a student-led mass uprising against the authoritarian government of the Bangladesh Awami League (BAL) under Sheikh Hasina, ending its fifteen years in power. Protests arose in response to widespread corruption, the detention and killing of dissidents by security agencies, and the mass shooting of protesters during July 2024. In its aftermath, the student revolutionaries installed an interim government led by Nobel laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, under whose leadership the BAL was banned. However, during the interim period, concerns over national security persisted, as lawlessness and mob violence reportedly increased. Today, Bangladesh’s political landscape features the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which has been in power for two terms; the newly formed National Citizens Party (NCP), created by the July revolutionaries; and Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh (JIB), which has in the past aligned with both BAL and BNP. Alongside these parties, various Islamic groups and smaller left-leaning parties remain active

    IIUM KUANTAN ABP · Round 3 · 2025-09-12

  • This house predicts that ideology will cease to be the dominant factor in the conduct of foreign policy

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    In international relations, ideology in foreign policy refers to the use of overarching belief systems, values, or doctrines as guiding principles in a state’s external actions. These can influence how a country defines its allies and rivals, frames its long-term vision for the international order, and justifies its interventions abroad.

    Shanghai WSDC Open 2025 · Semi Final · 2025-09-12

  • This house believes that Singapore should re-introduce the jury system for capital offences

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    For the purposes of this debate, the jury system refers to a sworn body of randomly selected adult citizens (jurors) in criminal courts who are convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to the court, or to set a penalty for the offender. The jury system was imported into Singapore under colonial rule. In 1960, Singapore restricted jury trial to capital offences (i.e., offences that are punishable by death), and abolished the system altogether in 1970.

    Youth Debate Open 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-09-08

  • This house believes that societies should embrace many coexisting narratives (multicultural pluralism) over promote a shared meta-narrative (France’s "laïcité" or Singapore’s communitarian story)

    Connections IV 2025 · Semifinals · 2025-08-30