The Fiji Court of Appeal ruled yesterday that the dismissal of Laisenia Qarase as Prime Minister after the events of December 2006 and the dissolution of parliament were unlawful.
While delivering the summary of the ruling, Appeals Court Judge, Justice Randell Powell said the President now needs to take the appropriate steps as the decisions he made following the 2006 events were invalid as the prerogative powers did not exist for him to take such actions.
The Appeals Court judges say the next step should be elections for Fiji but before that the President needs to take into account that a Prime Minister has been forcibly removed from office and no other Prime Minister has been validly appointed.
Justice Randell said while the Fiji Court of Appeal cannot govern what the President would do, a Caretaker Prime Minister should be appointed who is independent of any of the parties involved in the case.
He said a Writ of Elections should then be issued.
Court rules Qarase’s dismissal unlawful
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