#29/E Indonesia today scored its first win in the 2012 World Schools Debating Championships after unanimously beating #48/H Zimbabwe in R2. All judges thought Indonesia successfully knocked down the motion "This House Believes That Newly Democratised Arab Nations Should Not Allow Religious Parties to Participate in Elections". In the first round, Indonesia lost to reigning champions #6/A Singapore in a debate in which our team had to propose a ban on alcohol. The 2012 team consists of Cheryl Nazik Cosslett (SMA 1 Bogor), twins Revian and Revaldi Wirabuana (SMA 4 Denpasar) and Alif Satria (SMA 8 Yogyakarta).
The highlight of the competition was #26/E Malaysia's success defeating 8-time champion #2/A Australia in the opener on a 2-1 decision. In the second debate, Australia again lost a judge in the slim victory against #20/D Mexico. At the end of Debate Day 1, only Singapore, #1/A England and #8/B South Korea can boast the perfect scoreline of 2 wins and 6 judge points.
Team Indonesia tomorrow will face #38/G Mongolia in the impromptu R3 and must defend the motion "This House Believes That Developing Nations Should Place Limits on Internal Rural-Urban Migration" against South Korea.
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