The government must state its stand on Undi18 after Senate president Rais Yatim's reported remarks against the move to lower the voting age, the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) said today.

According to Muda co-founder Lim Wei Jiet, Rais' (above) remarks at a forum last night, citing purported impracticalities, contradicted the government's July deadline to gazette the new eligible voting age.

"This statement is very surprising. When the constitution was amended in...