Why the rush to hold polls, ask Sarawak DAP leaders

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PETALING JAYA: The looming Sarawak election following today’s lifting of the Emergency in the state will see young voters lose out, a DAP leader said.

“The lifting of the Emergency just goes to show that Abang Jo (Sarawak chief minister Abang Johari Openg) desperately wants an election before the end of this year with the obvious reason of avoiding Undi18,” said Sarawak DAP chairman and Stampin MP Chong Chieng Jen.

“My question to Abang Jo is: Is Undi18 scarier than Covid-19? Why does he want to risk the lives of Sarawakians and opt for an early election just to avoid Undi18?”

In September, the High Court in Kuching ordered the government to implement the Undi18 amendments by Dec 31 after allowing a legal challenge filed by five Sarawakian youths against the decision by the previous government, led by Muhyiddin Yassin, not to implement the amendments by July.

One of the amendments lowers the voting age from 21 to 18.

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