Jury Chavusau: Candidates have not lost points of their rating, and may be even gained some
A political scientist Jury Chavusau has commented upon the TV-debates of the Belarusian presidential candidates which were broadcasted live by the First Belarusian TV-Channel on December 4, in his interview to BelaPAN. Chavusau's impression of the debates in general is "positive". "I would give them a "good" mark, all of them except Nyaklyaeu who left at the very beginning", as we need to take into consideration the fact that the "referees" of the TV-debates are biased."
The presidential candidates made them play by their rules. They broke the scenario which had been prepared for them, and in the end it were not the candidates who were forced to react on the hosts' mockery, but vice versa - the hosts were forced to react on the mockery from the candidates' side, said Chavusau.
According to him, he does not know yet how high the TV-debates rating is. "However, I think that the candidates who took part in the debates have not lost any points of their rating, and maybe even gained some", — thinks Chavusau.
The presidential candidates made them play by their rules. They broke the scenario which had been prepared for them, and in the end it were not the candidates who were forced to react on the hosts' mockery, but vice versa - the hosts were forced to react on the mockery from the candidates' side, said Chavusau.
According to him, he does not know yet how high the TV-debates rating is. "However, I think that the candidates who took part in the debates have not lost any points of their rating, and maybe even gained some", — thinks Chavusau.
