The age of voting should be lowered to 18, according to Syed Saddiq – Nation

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The age of voting, or eligibility to vote in Malaysia, should be lowered to 18 years from 21 years now, said the Minister of Youth and Human Rights. Sports Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman. we can do it before the 15th general election, but we must first have a program of political exposure for young people, "he told reporters after attending a ceremony on Thursday evening (July 5)

Syed Saddiq Minister of Education, Dr. Maszlee Malik, explains how exposure to the democratic process could be applied at the school level

He said that Malaysia should provide political visibility to high school students, as is done in many other countries. "In these countries, at age 17 or 18, they have the right to vote and this has been the case since the 1960s. So, why in Malaysia ( some) are of the opinion that young people do not know (are ignorant) and label them as "WeChat" groups, he says According to him, the program of the Youth Parliament is one of the examples of Political exhibition likely to benefit young people and such efforts should be strengthened with the involvement of more and more adolescents.

Meanwhile, Syed Saddiq said that efforts would be to determine the maximum age to join a youth association is limited to the age of 35 only. – Bernama