In a report for the Pacific Islands Forum, the South Pacific region's 16-member bloc, an 'eminent persons group' said the coup led by Frank Bainimarama was 'unconstitutional and unacceptable'.
"It's a very detailed analysis of what has happened, and with a pathway forward which we would urge the
Frank Bainimarama led the military coup last December, accusing the then government of corruption.
He also alleged the government of Laisenia Qarase had favoured the indigenous majority over the ethnic Indian minority.
Unconstitutional
Clark said the report clearly stated that democratic government was needed in
"The report is clear the coup was not constitutional. It does call on the military to return to barracks and to see a civilian prime minister put in place."
The eminent persons group was led by Sato Kilman,
The other members of the group included Faumuina Luiga, Samoa's environment minister, Sir Arnold Amet,
The report has not yet been made public and is due to go before a meeting of the Pacific Islands Forum foreign ministers, possibly to be held in
In a recent interview with Al Jazeera, Bainimarama spoke of what lay ahead for
"It's been challenging - there's definitely a lot of work that needs to be done, but I'm getting a lot of assistance from the interim government ministers and of course the many people that come in to advise me on what to do," he said.
Bainimarama also defended
"A lot of people seem to forget that 5 December was a takeover of a government and it was done by the military," he told Al Jazeera correspondent Dan Nolan.
"The military needs to put in place scenarios that would stop any threat from being thrown in our direction," he said.
