Team University of Guyana (UG) with 123.6 points, edged out Team Bishops’ High School (BHS) with 118.5 points, to win first place in the finals of the RISE Guyana Youth Debate Competition on constitutional reform, held on Saturday, December 9, 2017, at the Georgetown Club.
Recently formed civil society group Reform, Inspire, Sustain and Educate (RISE) has been advocating for constitutional reform.
Debating the moot: “Guyana should have a First Past the Post (FPTP) rather than Proportional Representation (PR) System,” and arguing in favour of PR, a RISE release said that Team UG presented a sufficiently strong case to clinch the first prize of $150,000 and the Hughes, Fields & Stoby Plaque.
