Muscat to lower MLP membership threshold to 16 years
Labour leader Joseph Muscat said this evening that he will propose lowering the age threshold for MLP membership to 16 from the current 18.
His proposal follows another proposal a few weeks ago for the voting age in lower council elections to be similarly lowered to 16 years.
Dr Muscat said he will propose the lowering of the minimum age for party membership as part of the revision of the party statute, currently under way.
He made the announcement as a seminar on the theme European and Progressive, Confidence in Youths: Voting at 16 for local councils.
Dr Muscat said he had become a politician to bring about change, and that was what he intended doing, in the party and the country. He hoped young people would join him in this process.
He urged young people from all parts of society to come forward with their ideas and seek consensus for their realisation.
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dvella
Sep 19th 2008, 09:55
you know Rebecca, thankfully for us, not all 16 year olds are the same so please do not generalize!
Joseph Vella
Sep 19th 2008, 09:19
"Teenagers shouldn't only be used to decorate the stage at mass meetings, they have a lot to offer politically" - well done Joseph
Rebecca Abela
Sep 19th 2008, 08:13
I dont agree with changing membership to 16, why do this? so that younger kids can stay drinking and... babrely any of the 18 year olds care about politics, do you think that 16 will? Most of the young people that follow "politics" just want to go to meetings, jump and have fun, just like most of my friends do! So you think that kids younger 18 will care? You should be increasing the age limit of certain things, not decreasing it!
P Grech
Sep 19th 2008, 07:34
My God he's brilliant. Awe inspiring!
joseph Ellul
Sep 18th 2008, 22:46
Mr.Muscat thinks that giving the vote to under 18's is trendy and vote catching. It will be a popular item of discussion with the young ones, but will it be wise to actually do it? Mr. Muscat is looking at increasing his vote for the next elections, but has he done his homework to see if young minds will vote as he tells them to. ( Mintoff used this tactic and succeded once). Nowadays all has changed. The parents do not tell the young how to vote any more. With the internet and mobile phones, etc, teenagers might surprise this relatively old man of how they think. I say bring it on . Let the games begin.