President Hip?lito Mej?a told the press he was willing to debate former
President Leonel Fern?ndez on TV. ?Of course I am willing to go to a televised
debate with him, why not?? said Mej?a, when asked by an El Caribe journalist.
This is a new-found enthusiasm for the question-and-answer showdown from the
President: In 2000, then-PRD candidate Mej?a declined to participate in a
US-style electoral debate.