DEBATE

A formal discussion on a particular topic

in a public meeting or legislative
assembly, in which opposing arguments
are put forward.
Asian Parliamentary Debate
POINTS OF …
• Information (POI)
• Rise to ask the debater, speaking a
question or insert a short statement.
• The debater may refuse POI.
• Allowed only during Prime
Minister/Opposition Leader/Deputy
constructive.
• Clarification
• Means that a debater does not
understand the case or a particular
argument.
• Order
• Raised when a competitor believes
that one of the rules of debate is
being broken.
• Personal Privilege
• Rise when you have been deeply
insulted on a personal level by an
intentional attack.
• May also be used for a personal
emergency.