ocr: The 1987 coups were justitied as defending the land rights ofNative Fijians. In practice, they were a uuve by Native Fijian chiefs to secure their power, which was being threatenedboth by the growing Indo-Fijian urban class, and by the increasingly Westernized younger Native Fijians. The 1990 constitution, enshrining Native Fijian supremacy, makes any future Indo-Fijian challenge to the current "status quo" unlikely.
