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The Committee of Policy and Resources is standing its ground and will not resign, despite calls for it to do so from several deputies behind a motion of no confidence.
The Committee was given a timeframe of five days to resign after Deputy Charles Parkinson led a motion of no confidence in its membership.
P&R has now officially stated it will not resign and its understood that Deputy Parkinson will now elevate the motion to the Bailiff, who’ll then set a date for the motion to be officially debated by the States’ chamber.
“The Policy & Resources Committee has met today and discussed again the proposed motion of no confidence,” the Committee said.
“Under the rules, the Committee is afforded five days to consider resigning before the motion is formally submitted to the Bailiff. The Committee would reiterate that it respects the right of any States Member to put forward a motion of no confidence if they choose to do so. But the Committee has agreed its position was unchanged from its previous statement issued on the 24 October... and the members do not intend to resign.”
Deputy Parkinson said, when he initially put forward the motion, that if the Committee failed to resign he and the other six signatories would elevate it to the presiding officer, as is his right. Express has reached out to Deputy Parkinson for an updated comment on the situation.
When Express reached out to the public with a poll on the question of resignation, 62% of more than 800 respondents said they would want the Committee to resign.
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