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Cost-of-living and immigration among key issues
Chamber president Omari Corbin gives us a brief introduction highlighting cost-of-living, education, immigration and infrastructure as some of the key issues the leaders will be quizzed on tonight.
Wil Pineau introduces the leaders and Tammi Sulliman runs through the format. There’s going to be questions for each leader with the others having a chance to respond and rebut, similar in style to the US presidential debates.
It’s relatively rare in recent Cayman history to have three clear leaders vying for the Premiership. Of course there is always a small chance that the next Premier could come from someone outside of this group if Independents dominate the election. But tonight promises to be a chance to see up close the real differences between these three men and their respective parties.
Three party leaders ready to go live
After an undercard of 19 constituency debates, tonight is the main event. Three party leaders will face off in a rare event in the Cayman Islands – a live, televised leadership debate. In the red corner is Joey Hew, the Progressives new leader, who is seeking to take the party back to power after four years in the cold.
In the purple corner is Dan Scott, the former EY partner seeking to shake up the political scene with his 12-strong Cayman Islands National Party. And in the teal corner is Andre Ebanks, the first leader of The Caymanian Community Party. Chamber of Commerce CEO Wil Pineau and councillor Tammi Sulliman will be posing the questions.
We are expecting things to get started around 7pm.