Deputy Roffey promoted to President of SACC

Thursday 01 March 2018

Deputy Peter Roffey has been elected President of the States Assembly and Constitution Committee meaning he will have the responsibility of overseeing the referendum on Island Wide Voting and the potential reform of the Code of Conduct for States members.

Deputy Roffey was elected to the role during yesterday's States meeting, after receiving 19 votes against 17 cast for Deputy John Gollop who was the only other nominee for the role.

There was a vacancy after Deputy Matt Fallaize resigned as SACC President so he could focus on his new role as President of the Committee for Education, Sport and Culture.

Deputy Roffey drew on his many previous years experience when he spoke about why he wanted the role saying he very rarely uses his political experience to win favour but on this occasion he thought it gave him the edge over other candidates.

The politician, who returned to the States in 2016 after taking a few years out to pursue non-political interests, said his enthusiasm for bigger pieces of work will benefit him as SACC President. 

Deputy Roffey said he is keen to work on the planned referendum on Island Wide Voting as he'll relish the chance to "put the flesh on the bones of a new electoral system."

He also said the Code of Conduct system for States members needs an overhaul. A review is already planned but Deputy Roffey went so far as to say the current system is "not fit for purpose" so he thinks major reforms are needed to ensure the system for enforcing the code of conduct works while ensuring complaints are fairly dealt with.

Deputy Roffey said he has "bags of experience" to deliver on these work streams, and others.