Letter Of Resignation To Go To P&R Tonight

Deputy Charles Parkinson says he's confident he'll have seven deputies prepared to sign his letter asking P&R to resign by this evening (24 October).

Deputy Charles Parkinson has led the move to get the senior committee to resign or face a vote of no confidence since the end of the GST debate, which they lost for a second consecutive time.

He says says they've failed in their key policy area, raising revenue through GST:

"They brought it to the States effectively three times. They bottled it the first time, lost the second and lost on the third occasion. Any democratic government anywhere else in the world, having lost its central fiscal policy, would have resigned."

Deputy Parkinson says it's taken time to get the seven signatures required by the rules:

"The general response from many, many deputies is I'll support it, but I'm reluctant to sign it. I don't understand that attitude because the votes will be recorded at the end of the day, but that's the position."

However, deputy Parkinons is now confident that seven deputies will support him and sign the letter which he intends to send to P&R later today (24).

P&R has five days to reply. If they refuse to resign then that will trigger a vote of no confidence in the States. Given the next meeting is dedicated to the 2024 budget, it may have to be heard at the following session:

"Rule 21 requires that the Motion of No Confidence be scheduled for debate at the earliest convenient meeting. That may have to be 22 November but the Bailiff is in charge really."