Government to table legislation for monitoring of convicted paedophiles-Luncheon

Head of the Presidential Secretariat Dr Roger Luncheon said that government will table legislation that will see convicted paedophiles being monitored for the rest of their lives. But experts believe that while this is a progressive move on the part of the government, there needs to be more enforcement of the laws already in place.

Dr Luncheon made the disclosure on the legislative changes at his weekly post-Cabinet press briefing held at the Office of the President on Thursday.

At the time he was speaking about the country’s plans for Child Protection Week, which carries the theme, ‘Adults take action against child abuse. The time is now.’ The week of events is