It's gonna be a big day for youth in the Dewan Rakyat today. 

The government will be tabling a bill to amend the Federal Constitution so the voting age can be lowered from 21 to 18. Does this make sense?

At 18, a Malaysian can have a driving licence -- and, in fact, could have had it for a year already. At 18, a Malaysian can legally buy tobacco products and alcohol. He or she can also fight (and die) for the country. So, why not vote at that age and choose the government they want? 

Well, it ain't that easy. Since this is a matter of amending the Federal Constitution, it needs a two-thirds majority vote in the Dewan Rakyat before the bill can go through -- Pakatan doesn't have the 148 seats it needs to form that majority. 

Happily for Pakatan, opposition leader Ismail Sabri Yaakob says they will support it ... on one condition: The government must introduce automatic voter registration for those who turn 18. 

This would actually be a good move. People are more inspired to vote than they are to register to do so. Some are lazy, some may not care enough to register or some just get caught up in the madness of everyday life. Making it easy for them to cast their ballot can't be a bad thing. (Side note: This is the second day in a row we're agreeing with a politician. Shocking!)

Youth and Sports Minister Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman says the government in principle agrees to automatic registration, but wants the opposition to give them some time as it's too late for the proposal to be included in the current bill.

Today will see the first reading of the bill, and it will go to a vote later this month. If passed, this will see about 3.7 million new young voters joining the electoral roll. That would be massive.

Speaking of Parliament, we know at least one MP will not get to vote today.

Pasir Salak rep Tajuddin Abdul Rahman was a naughty boy yesterday, throwing a temper tantrum which saw him suspended for four days. And all because, like a spoilt little brat, he didn't like that a deputy minister and not a minister answered him during Question Time.

He even refused to leave, shouting at Deputy Speaker Nga Kor Ming that he was being unfairly treated. Frustrated when his protests were ignored, he then screamed at Nga: "You look like a communist!" 

Nga kept his own name-calling for when he spoke to the media later, saying Tajuddin thought of himself as a hero, but was actually a zero.

Tajuddin's tantrum was uncalled for. Deputy ministers, or even other ministers, answer questions for ministers quite often. As a former deputy minister himself, Tajuddin should know this. 

Incidents like these are things that Malaysians need to think about. Whom do we want representing us? How do we want them to behave? Do they reflect our values and our aspirations?

In other words, would the good people of Pasir Salak please vote this joker out next time??!?

Our noisy neighbours down south are apparently in a bit of a pickle, and it's one they've been in for quite some time now.

Apparently, PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad was irritated Singapore has been using Malaysian sea sand for reclamation, thus expanding its land mass. So, he put a stop to exports of sand to the island republic. And this actually happened last October!

In truth Maddey was also concerned that corrupt Malaysian officials were making money off the imports, but for once corruption is not the sexy story. Not when it involves a Malaysian PM being irritated with Singapore.

How Maddey managed to keep this quiet for so long is beyond amazing, but it needed to be on the down low due to fears that it could have diplomatic repercussions. Let's face it, we have had relatively strained ties with our one-time countrymen before.

Anyway, this is a massive threat to Singaporean expansion plans as now sand will have to be sourced from elsewhere, including as far away as India. And all this means extra costs for Singapore.

This is not the first time, of course, that Mahathir has been in direct conflict with Singapore. The most recent and very public spat was over water, specifically the really low price of raw water being sold to Singapore, but despite all this Maddey insists he's not anti-Singapore, just pro-Malaysia.

Tensions between the two countries have also been caused by various other issues, including maritime boundaries and the control of part of Malaysian airspace by Singapore.

In other words, Singapore is that sibling who's always trying to grab your toys. You love 'em and all, but man are they annoying!

PKR has given Haziq Abdullah Abdul Aziz his marching orders for publicly accusing the party leadership of corruption and other shenanigans without providing evidence.

Haziq, of course, is the man who admitted to having been one of the "stars" of a leaked porn flick which became very popular in Malaysia recently. Haziq claims the man in the video with him was none other than PKR deputy president Azmin Ali, whom he also accused of corruption.

The party disciplinary board recommended Haziq be sacked after taking into account his reply to a show cause letter, which we guess they must have deemed inadequate. They also seem to have granted Azmin fangirl Zuraida Kamaruddin, who's been baying for Haziq's blood for a while now, her heart's desire. 

It seems PKR was being extremely careful about the reasons they gave for Haziq's expulsion: that he had accused without evidence the party leadership of corruption. The party seems to have made sure there was no mention of Haziq's allegations that Azmin was the man he was in bed with in the video.

Are they doing this to deny Haziq's claims any form of legitimacy? Is it to maintain a veneer of impartiality? Are they hedging their bets in case it turns out Azmin really was in the video? Theories abound!

Whatever it is, what we're wondering now is: how long is it going to be before Haziq signs his Umno membership form?