Infantilisation of democracy begins with a youth fetish

| Lowering the age of voting to 18 should be commended. But if political parties have begun fantasising about how to court those who are now 14, in order to harvest their votes by 2023, when they automatically become 18 and eligible to be voters, then the democracy of Malaysia is risking the process of"infantilisation".

Yet, a mere BA degree in Political Science or Economics, indeed Psychology and Business Administration, takes up at least three to four years of education. Even then, many universities fail to produce serious, rigorous and good graduates. against the Extradition Law of the Hong Kong Special Autonomous Region. This was done despite the assurance of Hong Kong Governor Carrie Lam to withdraw and suspend the law, indeed, to step down.Malaysia will be an ageing society by 2023, according to the research of Khazanah Research Institute, a fact confirmed by Emir Research Institute as well. Fifteen percent of Malaysia's population will be above the age of 60.

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