MP: Move will benefit rural voters


  • Nation
  • Friday, 05 Jul 2019

THE Pakatan Harapan government could be branded as anti-rural voters if it does not want to allow for automatic registration of voters in its Bill to amend the Constitution to lower the voting age to 18.

Santu­bong MP Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the matter was pertinent in Sarawak as 45% of the people lived in rural areas where accessibility was an issue.

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