PiliPinas Debates 2016
| PiliPinas Debates 2016 | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Created by | COMELEC |
| Developed by | Various |
| Presented by | Varies per leg |
| Opening theme | Pili Pinas by Gravity |
| Ending theme | Pili Pinas by Gravity |
| Country of origin | Philippines |
| No. of episodes | 1 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Various |
| Production location | 4 locations |
| Running time | 87 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | GMA Network (Mindanao leg) TV5 (Visayas leg) ABS-CBN (Luzon leg) CNN Philippines (Vice President leg) |
| Release | February 21, 2016 – ongoing |
PiliPinas Debates 2016 is a debate series administered by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) in preparation for the May 9, 2016 general elections.
The first leg was held on February 21 at the Mini-Theater Building of the Capitol University in Cagayan de Oro. It aired on GMA Network and was simulcast on Super Radyo DZBB, RGMA stations and KBP-affiliated radio stations nationwide. A live stream of the event was also made available. The Mindanao leg was moderated by Mike Enriquez and Jessica Soho of GMA Network and John Nery of inquirer.net.[1]
Broadcast and coverage
In January 2016, the Commission on Elections confirmed that they would hold three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. This will be the first time that the Comelec will host debates since the 1992 elections.[2] The debates were branded PiliPinas Debates 2016.[3]
| Office | Date | Media partners | Location | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV Network | Others | ||||
| President | February 21, 2016 | GMA Network | Philippine Daily Inquirer | Mindanao (details) |
Capitol University |
| March 20, 2016 | TV5 | Philippine Star BusinessWorld |
Visayas (details) |
University of the Philippines Cebu[4] | |
| April 24, 2016 | ABS-CBN | Manila Bulletin | Luzon | University of Pangasinan | |
| Vice President | April 10, 2016 | CNN Philippines | Rappler Business Mirror |
Metro Manila | University of Santo Tomas |
Online media and the debates
On February 19, 2016, Rappler sued COMELEC chairman Andres Bautista for “granting exclusive broadcasting and livestreaming rights to handpicked media partners" before the Supreme Court, not allowing online media to live stream the events. Rappler and asked the high court to intervene to allow the debates to be streamed by more than one outlet.[5]
The social service claimed that the memorandum of understanding excluded online media from covering and streaming the debate; Bautista countered, stating that Rappler was being unprofessional and that they should have read the contract they signed. Rappler countered by saying it had raised the issues with Bautista and signed the agreement, believing in good faith that COMELEC would resolve the issues. Rappler's lawyer, JJ Disini, said the process for selecting media outlets could have been more transparent; he also expressed concern that the state-owned PTV-4 network was excluded from the agreement.[5]
Summary
| P Participant
D Did not attend / Will not attend |
| Location | Jejomar Binay |
Miriam Defensor Santiago |
Rodrigo Duterte |
Grace Poe |
Mar Roxas | |
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| Leg | Host city | 
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| Mindanao (details) |
Cagayan de Oro | P | P | P | P | P |
| Visayas (details) |
Cebu City | To be announced | D | To be announced | ||
| Luzon | Dagupan | To be announced | ||||
| Location | Alan Peter Cayetano |
Francis Escudero |
Gregorio Honasan |
Bongbong Marcos |
Leni Robredo |
Antonio Trillanes IV | |
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| Leg | Host city | File:Senator Alan Peter S. Cayetano.jpg | 
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File:Honasan.jpg | 
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File:Leni Robredo.jpg | 
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| Metro Manila | Manila | To be announced | |||||
References
- ^ Legaspi, Amita (21 February 2016). "Five presidential hopefuls face off in historic PiliPinas Debates 2016". GMA News. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Esmaquel II, Paterno (2015-10-15). "Presidential debates: 'Ayaw natin ng duwag' – Comelec". Rappler. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ^ "6 presidential bets confirm attendance to Comelec debates". Philippine Star. January 21, 2016.
- ^ Sibi, Juli Ann (February 22, 2016). "UP Cebu to host presidential debate". Cebu Daily News. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b "Comelec calls Rappler 'unprofessional' for filing charges over MOA on election debates". CNN Philippines. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2016.