WASHINGTON.- The campaign committees of the American president Joe Biden and the former president Donald Trump agreed on Saturday the rules for the first debate prior to the November elections, which will be the June 27th organized by CNN: it will last an hour and a half, there will be no audience and there will be deactivatable microphones.
The duel in the White House between the current Democratic president and the Republican candidate It will be at the network’s central studios in the city of Atlantain the state of Georgia (south), with a date set earlier than is customary in these instances.
The news channel had indicated since its announcement in May that the debate would take place without an audience, Biden’s preferred formula.
It was also reported that the campaign teams of both candidates accepted another series of provisions, including the use of identical desks and deactivatable microphones to enforce the timing of their presentations.
“The microphones will be muted throughout the debate, except for the candidate who has the turn to speak,” CNN said, adding that the presenters, Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, “will use all the tools at their disposal” to ” enforce timelines and ensure civil discussion.”
The debate will be 90 minutes with just two advertising interruptions during which the campaign teams will not be able to interact with the candidates, as specified.
Notes written in advance on the set will also be prohibited, but “candidates will receive a pen, a notebook and a bottle of water” for the instance.
Biden and former President Trump (2017-2021) agreed to debate twice before the presidential elections on November 5, June 27 and the September, 10th. The second debate will be organized by the ABC network.
Source: AFP
