There is an urgent need to increase political literacy among the country’s youths.
This is especially so, following the lowering of the voting age from 21 to 18, and the implementation of automatic voter registration, which will see more than seven million Malaysian youths registered automatically as new voters in the coming 15th general election .Most of these youths, including those aged between 21 and 24, would be engaging in the general election for the first time.
In a message delivered in conjunction with the 2022 National Youth Day on May 15, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob expressed hope that the youths will be more knowledgeable and concerned about the parliamentary democracy system and their role as young voters.Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad, in a statement on Jan 27, said the ministry is collaborating with other government departments and agencies to raise students’ awareness as they prepare to become voters.
According to Noraini, more than 450,000 students in higher education institutions are aged between 18 and 20, which means they will be eligible to vote and have a say in the outcome of GE15. One of the ways tertiary students have been empowered in this regard is their running of campus elections independently, with Universiti Malaya being the first public university in Malaysia to introduce it in 2019.
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