A team from Institut Teknologi Bandung (Dito Krista & Rifan Ibnu Rahman) are having a brilliant run and leading the tab in the 2011 National Universities English Debating Championships with a perfect score of 15 victory points from 5 preliminary rounds. Round 6 ended the second day of debates today but adjudicators were told to keep the latest results secret. Dito last year won the Indonesian Varsities English Debate, which uses a 3-on-3 format, while Rifan was the best speaker in the 2011 IVED. This duo have improved a lot since the pair's unremarkable performance in the 2010 Founders Trophy, which like NUEDC uses the British Parliamentary style.
There is still one more preliminary round to go tomorrow before the top 32 teams that can proceed into the knockouts are revealed. Teams from Universitas Indonesia (Roderick Sibarani & Adlini Ilma Ghaisany), Universitas Gadjah Mada (Astri Agustina & Gentur Adiutama), Universitas Bakrie (Ammar Syah Anwar & Aryo Febrian), Universitas Padjadjaran (Mayang Puspita & Rendi Prahara) and Binus International (Astrio Feligent & Christian Leonardo) have collected respectable points and may continue to challenge ITB's winning streak in the coming rounds. Outside of the traditional Java-based powerhouses, Universitas Hasanuddin (Bama Andhika & Ahmad Thariqul) can emerge as a darkhorse after breaking into the Java-dominated top rooms several times.
Motions in the second day of debates at Universitas Diponegoro ranged from attacking the use of GDP in measuring a country's living standard, calling UN to act against member states that conduct LGBT prosecutions to requiring parents get approval from their children before a divorce.
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