The Court of Appeal in Fiji has ruled that the country's military-backed interim government, which was established after a coup last year, is illegal. The court of five international judges said that Fiji's multi-racial 1997 constitution remained the law of the land. The ethnic Indian Prime Minister, Mahendra Chaudhry, who was overthrown in the coup, said that the ruling proved he was still the holder of the office. The Fijian people are now awaiting reaction to the news.
