Communal voting over the past years has caused a lot of damage to Fiji and has continued to divide the people along racial lines.
Those are the words of the Co-Chair of the National Council for Building a Better Fiji and Head of the Catholic Church of Fiji Archbishop Petero Mataca as stakeholders get ready to discuss major electoral reforms next month.
Archbishop Mataca said the changes like the scrapping of the communal voting system are necessary.
"Yes. One way it has done it has kept us living in the same house, in the same country but separating us from being human to one another."
Archbishop Mataca also said it is about time that political party leaders put their differences aside and focus on a united Fiji.
"To reflect honestly and sincerely what the council is trying to do and the way it's chosen now to move forward to a better FIji. I'm sure they also want a better Fiji. Maybe the difference is the road there - they have a different road. The only way to do that - the way to come together - to find that common road (is to) sit and talk."
The Presidential Forum to have discussions on the proposed electoral reforms is expected to be held within the next few weeks.
It will be facilitated by Sir Paul Reeves and Yash Ghai.
