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Namibia: Amupanda praised for plan to adjust voter age to 16 – News

Namibia: Amupanda praised for plan to adjust voter age to 16 – News

Africa Links 24 with Envaalde Matheus
Published on 2024-07-11 13:00:00

Affirmative Repositioning (AR) leader Job Amupanda’s suggestion to adjust the voting age to 16 if his party wins the upcoming elections has been welcomed by some analysts.

Amupanda revealed this plan on Tuesday while addressing party supporters and sympathisers.

“At 16, called the ‘age of consent’, children can have sex, get pregnant and become a father or mother. A year later, at 17, they can attend parents’ meetings at school,” he said.

He said minors are able to…

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