Unhas MUN Wins First BP Debate in Indonesia's East

Universitas Hasanuddin's Model United Nations Club (Biondi Sima & Aca Cangara) today grabbed the title in the Hasanuddin BP Debates, the first debating competition using the British Parliamentary format in eastern Indonesia. The pair in the grandfinal beat squads from Universitas Ahmad Dahlan and Politeknik Negeri Ujung Pandang and a team called Bad Boys. A debater from the last team, Bama Andika, who reached the quarterfinals of the National Universities English Debating Championships last week representing Unhas, took home the best speaker prize.

The Hasanuddin BP previously had registered participants from outside eastern Indonesia, even from outside the country, but two delays, including a postponement due to a clash with the NUEDC dates, triggered a wave of pull-outs. In the end, only Yogyakarta-based UAD crossed the sea to head for Sulawesi island and debated in its biggest city Makassar with teams from the surrounding area.