What then if the major candidates for this $91,375-a-year post never meet in debate?

The candidates meet in a large hall, often at a university, before an audience of citizens.

Throughout the capital today, presidential candidates and other political leaders were meeting to try to find a solution to the crisis.

On November 8, the two candidates met and issued calls for calm.

We're now finding out where all the candidates met their spouses.

Two candidates not knowing must meet together on issues of general culture to win up the jackpot.

The candidates had met the European public and knew they would be held to account by them for their actions.

But talks over when, where and how the candidates should meet appear to have broken down.

The two candidates had never met before, which was part of the build-up to the debate.

It was the first time these candidates have met in debate.