Adam Adli: Naive to assume young voters would be progressive
- 2 years ago
On Dec 15 last year, the lowering of the voting age to 18 years old and the Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) system came into effect.
This brought the expectation of a “youth tsunami” that would lead Malaysia away from the racialism of parties such as Umno and towards multi-racial parties like PKR.
However, there is also a possibility that youths may follow previous generations in supporting mono-ethnic/mono-religious parties like Umno and PAS.
With this increasing uncertainty in the political landscape, Malaysiakini asked the newly-elected PKR Youth chief Adam Adli Abdul Halim how his party plans to navigate the rough tides that lay ahead in the forthcoming 15th general election.
More: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/624594
This brought the expectation of a “youth tsunami” that would lead Malaysia away from the racialism of parties such as Umno and towards multi-racial parties like PKR.
However, there is also a possibility that youths may follow previous generations in supporting mono-ethnic/mono-religious parties like Umno and PAS.
With this increasing uncertainty in the political landscape, Malaysiakini asked the newly-elected PKR Youth chief Adam Adli Abdul Halim how his party plans to navigate the rough tides that lay ahead in the forthcoming 15th general election.
More: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/624594