“Voting needs maturity” - Hadi supports Undi 18 delay
- 3 years ago
Voting needs maturity, said PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang, while supporting a delay in lowering the voting age to 18.
He said voters who are not mature will pick an immature government.
"Voting depends on maturity, don't just rely on being 18, there must be maturity. We must not be influenced by the West.
"In Islam, we speak of sinnu rusydi, the age of maturity. Maturity can come at 16, 18, can happen at 25, and some people are 40 but are not mature.
"Unfortunately, we follow Western democracy, (where voting rights are) based on age, not maturity," he said.
He said voters who are not mature will pick an immature government.
"Voting depends on maturity, don't just rely on being 18, there must be maturity. We must not be influenced by the West.
"In Islam, we speak of sinnu rusydi, the age of maturity. Maturity can come at 16, 18, can happen at 25, and some people are 40 but are not mature.
"Unfortunately, we follow Western democracy, (where voting rights are) based on age, not maturity," he said.