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The president formally appoints the [[List of Prime Ministers of Fiji|Prime Minister]], who must be able to rely on the support of a majority in the [[House of Representatives (Fiji)|House of Representatives]]. In practice, that means that the leader of the largest political party or coalition normally becomes Prime Minister, rendering the President's role in the appointment little more than a formality. Sometimes, however, Parliament may become deadlocked, as a result of electoral fragmentation or party splits. In such cases, the President takes on the role of arbitrator, and after consulting with all the political factions, must appoint as Prime Minister the person he judges to be the most acceptable to the majority in the House of Representatives. On the Prime Minister's nomination, the President formally appoints a [[Cabinet (Fiji)|Cabinet]] of around ten to twenty five [[Cabinet minister|ministers]], who exercise executive authority. According to the constitution, the Cabinet is supposed to reflect the political composition of the House of Representatives, with every party holding more than 8 seats in the House entitled to proportionate representation in the Cabinet. In practice, this rule has never been strictly implemented.

 

=== Judicial authority ===

 

Judicial power is vested in three courts (the [[High Court (Fiji)|High Court]], [[Court of Appeal (Fiji)|Court of Appeal]], and [[Supreme Court (Fiji)|Supreme Court]]) established by the [[Constitution of Fiji|Constitution]], which also makes provision for other courts to be set up by Parliament. The High Court and the Supreme Court are both presided over by the [[Chief Justice (Fiji)|Chief Justice]] (currently [[Daniel Fatiaki]]); the Chief Justice is barred, however, from membership of the Court of Appeal, which has its own [[President of the Court of Appeal (Fiji)|President]] (currently [[Jai Ram Reddy]]). The Appeal Court has the power ''"to hear and determine appeals"'' from judgements of the High Court; decisions of this court may be further appealed to the Supreme Court, whose decision is final.