HISTORY was made in July last year when two amendments were made to the Federal Constitution – one was to lower the age of a citizen qualified to be a member of the House of Representatives from 21 to 18, and the other was to lower the eligible voting age to 18. It was also announced that Malaysians would be automatically registered as voters.
The Bill was passed with an overwhelming 211 votes out of the 222-member Dewan Rakyat. Driving the change was the Undi18 youth empowerment movement, which was founded by Qyira Yusri and Tharmelinggem Pillai in 2017.
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