PH’s Suhaizan targets youngsters as campaign hits final straight
JOHOR BAHRU: Pakatan Harapan candidate for the Pulai parliamentary by-election, Suhaizan Kaiat is focusing all his attention in the remaining four days of campaigning by drawing close to the group of young voters. As campaigning hits the final straight, Suhaizan and the PH-Barisan Nasional (BN) machinery will intensify activities to get close to this group, […]
Young voters still puzzled why they should cast ballots
KUALA LUMPUR: It was a casual ‘mamak session’ where Malaysians of different divides spent their night hanging out sipping teh tarik after a hard day of work. With the ongoing campaign for state elections in six states namely Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Penang, Kedah, Kelantan and Terengganu, issues on politics are definitely the hot topic of […]
Majority of varsity students will be able to vote
KUALA BERANG: The majority of higher education institution (IPT) students have the opportunity to fulfill their responsibilities as voters in the six state elections on Aug 12 as most universities would have finished holding their examinations by then. Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said this was because most of the students would […]
PBM could be alternative for young voters, opines academician
KUCHING: Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) has the opportunity to grow in Sarawak, especially among the young people and new voters looking for alternative parties. This despite the dismissal of Zuraida Kamaruddin and 10 others last year as well as the recent resignations of party members in the Peninsular. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Faculty of Social Sciences […]
Young voters considered as decision makers
KUCHING: Tomorrow Saturday, November 19, the 21.1 million registered Malaysian voters are casting their votes for the GE15. While the young voters are considered as the ‘decision makers’ in determining the fates of the political parties in the election results in actuality, they comprise only a small percentage of the 1.4 million registered voters. This […]
Youth voting power
THEY have been touted as kingmakers who could determine the outcome of the 15th general election (GE15) on Saturday. Or are they just wildcards in the current political landscape? There are about 1.4 million first-time voters between the ages of 18 and 21 and about 5.8 million new voters. In Sarawak, there are some 675,077 […]
Young voters reminded again to exercise their rights
KUCHING: Voters, especially the younger generation, are reminded to exercise their rights in the 15th general election (GE15). “Young voters in particular, please go out and vote and fulfil your duty, because this is our right as a citizen,” said political analyst Dr Lucy Sebli Seidelson of Universiti Malaysia Sarawak on Today (Nov 16). “When […]
Receptive to youth needs
By Arianna Arissa Sarawak was the first state in Malaysia to amend its Constitution to lower the voting age from 21 years to 18 years old. The state also lowered the minimum age required for a person to become an elected representative from 21 to 18 years old through the Constitution of State of Sarawak […]
Bringing the voice of youth to parliament
“My routine has shifted. Go to bed at 2 am and get up at 4.30 am. Then ponder and prepare to visit the people and seek their votes. “There is no longer any free time as there once was. There’s no time to pick up the kids from school… a duty which my wife is […]
Political parties responsible to boost voters’ turnout
KUCHING: Political parties hold the responsibility to boost the voters’ turnout for the upcoming polling day of 15th general election on November 19. Political analyst Dick Lembang Dugun said any candidates or political parties must come out with political narrative that can boost the voters to turn out to cast votes. “During their campaign of […]
