If the government is unwilling to reinstate corporal punishment and village by-laws, it would be better for them to expand the Naboro Prison and establish more rehabilitation centres across the country.
These views were shared by a village elder and representative, Osea Vutikalutu, from Naloto, Tailevu.
Vutikalutu is calling the government to reinstate corporal punishment and reintroduce village by-laws, saying these measures are necessary to restore discipline, especially among iTaukei children.
He claims that children today have no limits, particularly when it comes to drinking grog and abusing drug substances.
According to him, children as young as 11 to 18 years old are now drinking grog freely because of the rights granted to them by the government.
Vutikalutu says this opens the door for them to try and experiment with other substances.
He also urged the government to increase police salaries, stating that better pay would help reduce corruption within the police force.
He added that everything begins in Jerusalem, and warned that the government will waste millions and billions of dollars fighting drugs when, in his view, the solution is already clear and directly in front of them.
