Minimum voter age should stand at 17: CA

Minimum voter age should stand at 17: CA

Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus today suggested that the minimum voter age should stand at 17 years.
"To give their (youth) opinion on their own future, I think the voting age for them should be fixed at 17 years," he said in a video message played in an election dialogue here.
Forum for Bangladesh Studies (FBS) arranged the dialogue at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh.
In his video message, Prof Yunus said different countries have various age criteria for their nationals to make them voter.
He expressed his hope that the Election Reform Commission will surely recommend such an age.