Commissioner of the General Election Commission (KPU), August Mellaz, said that the debate will be conducted with the concept of a townhall meeting. Later, Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD, will be in the middle of the stage and surrounded by the audience.

For the first debate, the theme to be discussed is 'Law, Human Rights, Governance, Corruption Eradication, and Strengthening Democracy'. This debate will be conducted by the presidential candidates. Although the vice presidential candidates will still be present to accompany, they are not allowed to speak.

The translation of the given 'Bahasa' text to 'English' while preserving any HTML tags is as follows: "Rencananya, debat capres cawapres akan dimulai pukul 19.00 WIB dan dapat disaksikan melalui saluran TV maupun radio yang dijadwalkan sebagai penyelenggara. Sebagai informasi, TVRI dan RRI akan menjadi tv pool pada debat perdana hari ini. Debat capres perdana ini akan dimoderatori oleh dua jurnalis TVRI, yaitu Ardianto Wijaya dan Velerina Daniel." Translation: "The presidential and vice presidential debate is scheduled to start at 19:00 WIB and can be watched through TV and radio channels designated as the organizers. As information, TVRI and RRI will be the TV pool for today's first debate. This first presidential debate will be moderated by two TVRI journalists, namely Ardianto Wijaya and Velerina Daniel."