House to vote on lowering voting age on May 22

Two bills – one lowering the voting age to 17 and the other introducing automatic voter registration – will be put to a vote in the House plenum on May 22, following their unanimous approval by the House interior committee on Thursday .

If passed, the new legislation will come into effect for the 2028 presidential elections, committee chairman and Akel MP Aristos Damianou explained.

He expressed confidence that the