First presidential debate to take place at 2:30 p.m. today

In response to the upcoming two debates, spokesman Chao Tien-lin of Hsieh’s campaign headquarters said that allowing local people to present questions through the audio-visual system is quite a creative practice, adding that Hsieh should be in a better position to answer such questions than Ma.

Chao said there are so many subjects that can be debated by presidential candidates of both parties, and therefore Hsieh’s camp hopes for more debates between both candidates.

On another front, Ma’s camp has organized a team of 10 members that are well versed in debates to help their candidate make preparations.

Spokesman Lo Chi-chiang of Ma’s campaign headquarters said that Ma is ready to meet any impromptu questions well, as he has attended over 100 seminars with grassroots organizations during his “long-stay” program around the island.

Meanwhile, the Central Election Commission will sponsor three televised policy presentations by Hsieh and Ma, which are slated for Feb. 29, March 7 and March 14.

Each round of policy presentation will last 30 minutes. The first 15 minutes will be for both candidates to present their campaign policies and platforms, and the second 15 minutes will be allowed for cross questioning by both candidates.

In addition, the CEC will also hold one televised policy presentation for vice presidential candidate Su Tseng-chang of the DPP and his counterpart Vincent Siew of the KMT on March 10.

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