Committee Agrees to Lower Voting Age to 18 ahead of Municipality Elections
A ministerial committee tasked with drafting the policy statement has agreed to lower the voting age to 18 with the approach of elections of municipality chiefs and council members next spring.
Following the winning of a vote of confidence, Cabinet would draw up a draft law in this regard.
The act, however, requires amendment to the Constitution.
Pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat said the government of former PM Fouad Saniora had approved lowering the voting age but did not submit it to Parliament for final approval.
There is difficulty, however, in applying the act given the short period ahead of municipal elections.
Cabinet, according to Al-Hayat, was now faced with two options: Either it holds municipality elections on time based on the current election law or postpone till next September until an amendment has been approved.