KARUNA SHINSHO, CNN ANCHOR: Constitutional requirements are raising doubts over political stability in Fiji just hours after the new prime minister took office following last week's elections. The opposition is insisting on its share of Cabinet posts as provided for under law. Sean Dorney reports.</s>SEAN DORNEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: The new prime minister's entourage arrived at government house at Suva this morning for the swearing-in ceremony. The president, Ratu Josefa Iloilo, who decides who should be prime minister, appointed Laisenia Qarase, even though he hadn't finished putting his government together.</s>LAISENIA QARASE, NEW FIJIAN PRIME MINISTER: I will be a true and faithful prime minister, so help me god.</s>DORNEY: Laisenia Qarase was working on a deal with the independents in the minor parties that would have given him just over half the numbers in parliament. He was sure it would work.</s>QARASE: Fiji should have a fairly stable government during the next five years, and then beyond.</s>DORNEY: But one problem remained under the constitution's power- sharing arrangements, Mr. Qarase says: They have to offer Cabinet positions to Mr. Chaudhry, almost half of them, which if he gave any away to the minor parties, would mean he could be out voted in Cabinet.</s>QARASE: I've made it no secret that I would be happy if he does not accept.</s>DORNEY: Mr. Chaudhry though did accept, and according to Mr. Qarase, it might spur an unworkable government. Fiji's Labor Party may be a winner after all, able to frustrate the indigenous agenda of the new prime minister. Sean Dorney, ABC News, Suva.
Fijian Opposition Insists on Rightful Share of Cabinet Posts