Too young to vote is never the problem


Kenneth Cheng Chee Kin

Questions have been raised whether Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Senator Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal would still be insistent young voters be taught how to vote judiciously if he knew they would vote for the government. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, February 21, 2021.

THE problem with Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Senator Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal’s recent statement about Undi18 does not lie on whether he thinks 18-year-olds should be enfranchised but, more disturbingly, his mistaken belief that young voters must first be “educated” to make an informed decision.

The debate about youth enfranchisement certainly does not extend to just Malaysia’s democracy, when established democracies such as the UK or the US are still grappling with, or still resistant to, the idea of enfranchising the young.


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  • Immature minds are a real problem when it comes to voting for the leaders of your choice. We do not want to have a failed democracy which has revently happened to n advanced country where a politician could con his way up to the top position. Many of their voters were simply fooled.

    Posted 3 years ago by Tanahair Ku