Strange if 18-year-olds can contest GE15 but not vote - Harapan Youth chief

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Putrajaya has been urged to put in force constitutional amendments that would allow 18-year-olds to vote in the upcoming 15th general election.Pakatan Harapan Youth chief Shazni Munir Mohd Ithnin said it would be odd if 18-year-olds can contest as candidates, but not vote."The matter of 18-year-olds voting has not (been put in force). But what is strange is that 18-year-olds can be election candidates. This is strange and unusual and shouldn't be the case," he told Malaysiakini during an interview on Tuesday.In 2019, the Dewan Rakyat unanimously supported amendments to lower the voting age as well as the age for election candidacy to 18 years.The amendments would also allow for automatic voter registration.The amendments were gazetted on Sept 10, 2019.However, then chairperson of the Election Commission Azhar Azizan Harun said that it would take time for the amen…