While the Interim Prime Minister maintains that the race based voting system needs to go, one of the architects of the 1997 Constitution, Dr Brij Lal said otherwise.

Lal said getting rid of the communal voting will not erase racial thinking but it will go a long way towards forging a sense of common nationhood.

Lal adds that a fundamental change like this should be done carefully after thorough consultation, otherwise it will be counterproductive.

Lal goes on to add that currently public memory is racially archived while the reality of daily living cuts across the barriers of race.

Meanwhile, Interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimarama maintains that there are a lot of racial remarks, when we have race based voting as people are going for the communal seats and they want to get into parliament at any cost.

The Interim PM said he is not worried about those who are against his idea, as the change will be one of the ways to eradicate racial discrimination.

It has been confirmed that the voting system is expected to be discussed during the formulation of the People's Charter.