The merits of presidential debates

The United States and other countries have adopted the system of presidential debates and Barack Obama would probably not have been American President today, but for his brilliant political debates, leaving the American voters no choice but to elect him twice. Through presidential debates, we can evaluate the emotional intelligence, the mental intelligence and the depth and breadth of clearness that assist political leaders in the governing of polities. The democratic and oligarchic principles in consideration open the question of our state of mental intelligence.

For example, the Nigerian Council of States is barely meeting to discuss the Chibok Girls crisis three months after the event. A comparison of African intelligence with other races yields evidence of palpable inadequacy. Ask yourself where we stand in our contribution to the development of the human race? We are always asking for other people’s help because we lack the perseverance that leads to creativity. Now, we have the misguided hip-hop generation of Africans.
The Confab, which permitted hopes of a new societal engineering, has produced Adams of full bellies, with Oliver Twist-like demands. Bentham’s jurisprudence espoused the utility theory and this was embraced by our confab delegates. Paradoxical, as the proposition against presidential debate seems to be, the voter’s resolution will be decided by the on-line, on-screen presentation of any presidential aspirant.
I was told that the debate will be inquisitorial as happened then in the Court of Star Chambers. That a presidential prosecution service will ferret out hidden, undisclosed information, which will help the presidential debate inexorably.
“God is not mocked, what nations and people sow, they shall reap”. “The lip of truth shall be established forever, but the lying tongue is for a moment”. “What shall it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and suffers the loss of his soul?
The people have a right to listen to a presidential debate, in order to assist them frame the synthesis of their judgment as to who to vote for, which is a cardinal democratic right.

Emmanuel Esiemokhai,
London.