KUALA LUMPUR, April 2 -- Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) vice-president Lim Wei Jiet has explained that there is no legal requirement for a statute to be amended first before a constitutional amendment can come into force, such as for the proposal to lower the voting age to 18 dubbed Undi18.

Referring to Dewan Negara President Tan Sri Rais Yatim's recent statement claiming so, he said neither the Act nor regulations mention the age of voters and therefore do not need amending.

"Let me be crystal clear: there is absolutely no basis in law for Rais' views. So what is there to amend?

"I challenge Rais to cite me a specific section or regulation which states that voters are defined as 21 years old, and therefore needs to be ame...