Pratyush Nath Upreti and Kanchan Prasad Kharel

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Vote at 16

Published On: November 11, 2017 07:28 AM NPT By: Pratyush Nath Upreti and Kanchan Prasad Kharel

In a democracy, the right to vote is the most privileged form of power vested in the people. Not only does it give people the opportunity to choose their representatives, it also puts them and their representatives into the virtuous cycle of responsibility and accountability. According to Nepali laws, an individual must be 18 to be eligible to vote, while the constitution guarantees citizenship 16. This means that even after holding a citizenship, a 16-year-old youth is deprived of voting rights for two years. In this article, we highlight this contradiction and stress that anyone who holds a citizenship must be given the right to vote.

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