Fiji Govt. quits

By Amit Baruah

SINGAPORE, MARCH 7.

Fiji's ``interim'' Prime Minister, Mr. Laisenia Qarase, today submitted the resignation of his ``Government'' to the President, Mr. Josefa Iloilo, ahead of an all-crucial meeting of the Great Council of Chiefs which begins in Suva tomorrow. Mr. Qarase's resignation comes six days after Fiji's Court of Appeal declared his Government illegal and said that ``abrogated'' 1997 Constitution continued to remain the law of the land. Reports from Suva also quoted the ousted Prime Minister, Mr. Mahendra Chaudhry, as saying that the President should call for elections.

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