Criteria for Political Party Participation
The Jamaica Debates Commission has established the following criteria for consideration for political party participation in the national political debates. They are:
The party should:
- Have a registered office
- Have established national organizational structures
- Have conducted valid internal democratic elections of officers
- Have published a policy document which outlined their beliefs, vision and positions on a wide range of national issues
- Have a published manifesto which states their philosophy and plan for governing the country if elected
- Be actively campaigning with a recognized election team
- Be capable of forming the next government after the general elections i.e. they should have at least 31 candidates in the elections
- Have registered a 10% showing in two nationally recognized opinion polls