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Minimum age for state reps: Johor has right to decide - Wan Junaidi

Johor has the right to decide on whether to reduce the minimum age of election candidates for state legislative assembly seats from 21 years to 18, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

He said state autonomy should be respected especially on certain matters on which the federal government has no power.

“For a state to... 

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