‘Lowering voting age gives youth chance to determine future of nation’

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KUALA LUMPUR: The move to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 will give young people the opportunity to determine the future of the country, says Malay...

: The move to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 will give young people the opportunity to determine the future of the country, says Malaysian Youth Council president Jufitri JohaHe said it was also in line with democratic practices in other countries that had set the voting age at 18.

“MBM fully supports efforts by the government to lower the voting age from 21 to 18 because it is the right time for young people in the country to be given the rights similar to other Malaysians,” he toldJufitri was commenting on the Constitution Bill 2019, aimed at lowering the voting age from 21 to 18, that went through the first reading at the Dewan Rakyat on July 4th.

Jufitri said only nine countries in the world still retained their voting age at 21 while the majority had lowered the voting age to 16 and 18. Jufitri said MBM has begun to implement steps to create MBM political classes to give youths the exposure to democratic system, especially those who were members in youth associations.

 

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Using that same line of argument, by 2020 there’ll be more children (0-14yo) than there are youths (15-30yo). Why not allow the children a chance to determine the nation’s future? 👶🏻👶🏻🤣

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