Youth and Sports Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican has called on the Election Commission not to postpone the lowering of the voting age and the age of election candidates to 18.

This is after the EC decided to delay the lowering of the voting age to 18 together with automatic voter registration to next year instead of this July as planned.

Critics have argued there was no reason why the existing voter registration system can't be extended to 18-year-olds now even if automatic registration is delayed.