The broadcast of the debates in South Ossetia disappointed Telegram users.

Presidential candidates of South Ossetia were supposed to discuss social policy today, but the quality of the broadcast is such that voters cannot understand what is being said.

As reported by "Caucasian Knot", on June 23 Alan Gagloev resigned as president of South Ossetia after being appointed an advisor to Vladimir Putin, and the temporary execution of the duties of the head of the republic passed to the Prime Minister Marat Kambolov. The Parliament of South Ossetia on July 1 scheduled a vote for September 18. In July, Vladimir Putin publicly expressed support for Kambolov in the upcoming elections. On August 23, the Central Election Commission of South Ossetia registered four candidates: Marat Kambolov, Zurab Kokoev, Murat Valiev, and Kazbek Kodoev.

Today, the debates of the candidates for the presidency of South Ossetia are dedicated to social policy, with all four registered candidates participating. The debates started today at 21:00 on the "IR" channel.

Only four meetings of the candidates are scheduled before the elections. On September 7, they will discuss "Economic Development of the RSO", on September 11 - "Security, National Ideology, and Foreign Policy", and on September 16 - a free topic, reports IA "Res".

The technical support for the broadcast of the debates is simply at a catastrophic level, writes the author of the channel "Ossetia(ае)".

The author of the channel "Bonvarnon" agreed with this thesis. "Instead of a normal picture, the sound is interrupted, the image freezes, the cameras switch with a delay, the microphones are noisy. Who prepared this technical failure? In the 21st century, when everyone has a smartphone in their pocket that shoots better than these studio cameras, the organizers could not set up a basic broadcast. People were waiting for the debates to hear the candidates, but got a technical circus. And this is despite the fact that budget money was paid for the equipment," he pointed out.

Regarding the technical quality of the broadcast of the debates, we can draw conclusions about the current situation in South Ossetia, supported blogger Alik Pukhati. "A vivid demonstration. It feels like watching a video clip on a Nokia 6600 in 2006 transmitted via infrared port," he writes.

"Televised debates in South Ossetia usually gather up to 50,000 views. This is the most popular and spectacular form of election campaigning, which is popular among potential voters in the republic and beyond," noted Sapa Tskhinval.