KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 8 - The election for Youth Parliament members will feature a new format starting March next year.

Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul said the updated format would involve all public and private higher education institutions nationwide to propose their representatives.

He said that his side is looking at expanding from 100 seats to 222 to ensure each constituency has one youth parliamentarian.

In addition the process will be shifted to university-led nominations.

He said this after launching the Third Malaysian Parliament Symposium titled ‘Parliament: The Backbone of Check and Balance’ at the Parliament building today.