A quick thinking bright boy has challenged parliamentarians to allow minors to vote for a good reason.
The brave boy who was addressing South African parliamentarians asked them to amend laws so as intelligent young minors could vote and help in decision making.
The boy speaking during the Nelson Mandela Children’s Fund Youth Summit wanted to know if it was possible for kids who could understand political issues be passed eligible to vote.
“What if a child studies all the different things that political parties want to change in the country and they understand the depth of what they are doing and they go through one or two assessments and they have like the voting intelligence of an adult?”
Cheers filled the event as the boy sat down with his clever thought conclusion remarks.
It’s not because of what is on the outside, it’s because of what is in the inside,
While replying him, the UDM MP Nqabayomzi Kwankwa started on a joking note but calmed the situation with the right answer.
“You see I think you are ready to vote for UDM next year, we’ll give you an ID,” the legislator said amid laughter.
He continued.
“On a serious note, this is a very pertinent question but I think there would be only a few exceptional cases where young people would be ready to vote at a very young age. I think that is also intended to protect young people until they are at the right age to be able to make those decisions,” he stated.
The boy’s new comes barely after opposition leader Julius Malema made a viral speech at late Mandela’s wife funeral a couple of months ago.
His eulogy dubbed ‘Mama they are here’ went far and wide across the world who understood English
