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MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) presented the new framework for the April 3 presidential debate on Thursday.

According to poll body spokesperson James Jimenez, the event would be divided into four segments.

“Previously, for each section, we asked one generic question to which all of the applicants responded. For the forthcoming debate, one generic question will be posted for all candidates to respond to, and this will happen at the beginning of the debate. The contenders will be separated into three groups of three for each subsequent part, with each group being given one question to debate,” the poll body official noted.

He explained that each subsequent portion will have three questions in total.

Each candidate will have 120 seconds to respond to the questions and 30 seconds to respond to the rebuttal.

“With each section, the three-person groups will change. “Each group will be pre-determined at random through a drawing of lots two hours before the discussion or at 5 p.m.,” he added.

Each contender will get 60 seconds to offer their concluding remarks.

When asked whether the ten presidential candidates have confirmed their presence, James answered, “all save one.”

The first Presidential Debates, held at the Sofitel Harbor Tent in Pasay City on March 19, drew just nine of the ten contenders standing for the highest office in the land.

Dr. Jose Montemayor, businessman Faisal Mangondato, Senator Panfilo Lacson, labor leader Leody de Guzman, former national security adviser Norberto Gonzales, former presidential spokesperson Ernesto Abella, Manila Mayor Francisco Domagoso, Vice President Leni Robredo, and Senator Emmanuel Pacquiao were among those in attendance.

Former senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. did not participate in the discussion.

Meanwhile, Commissioner George Garcia has urged Congress to establish legislation requiring presidential debates to be held before each election.

“The guidelines and rules will be developed under the same law.” At the same time, what is the penalty, what are the punishments, is it disqualification or an election violation? To be clear, if the Comelec does that, it will be unconstitutional because it is legislation, but the subject of sanctions has not yet been resolved,” he continued.

The polling organization had already asked its Law Department and Education and Information Department to look into possible penalties that could be imposed on debate skippers.

The Comelec has made it illegal for anyone who is unable to attend the debates to broadcast their e-rallies on its website.

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