And the first motion is……

Neill doing roll-call

“This House would legalised same sex union“

And so it begins. The tournament kicked off at around 1030am with Neill calling the roll-call for the participants. A swing team had to be formed because there was an odd number of teams in the total tab. By 11am, teams started to make their way to their respective debate rooms. With a total of 11 rooms, one is spoilt with which debate to listen to. First round ended at around 1230pm.

The debate in Room 1

The debate in Room 2

The debate in Room 3

The debate in Room 4

The debate in Room 5

The debate in Room 6

The debate in Room 7

The debate in Room 8

The debate in Room 9

The debate in Room 10

The debate in Room 11

Round 1 ended just in time for lunch.

The 1st day of the tournament continued with Round 2 and 3 after lunch with the motions, “This House would allow detention without trial for suspected terrorists” and “This House would allow government to opt of human rights obligation on religious grounds“, respectively.