After more than two years since being passed unanimously in the Dewan Rakyat, the Constitution (Amendment) Act 2019, commonly referred to as the Undi18 bill, is finally being implemented on 15 December this year.
Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said that the law has been gazetted yesterday, 1 December, after it had received the royal assent from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
“Amendments to the subsidiary laws related to the election… were (also) gazetted on Nov 30 after receiving the royal assent from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in accordance with Section 17 of the Election Act 1958,” he was quoted as saying by New Straits Times.
Following the announcement, the youth-based party MUDA has said that the implementation of Undi18 is “a win for…