Move to censure Chief Minister

Thursday 11th October 2007, 12:00AM BST.

THE Chief Minister could be formally admonished by the States for publicly questioning the legitimacy of the biggest petition in Channel Island history.

Deputy Alan Breckon has lodged a censure motion against Senator Frank Walker over comments he made to a Chamber of Commerce lunch audience about the GST petition last month. Senator Walker says that he is astonished by the censure motion, lodged a day after he apologised for his remarks. The petition, organised by Deputy Breckon’s Jersey Consumer Council, was signed by 19,209 Islanders who want the May start-date for the 3% sales tax put off until an independent look at alternative taxes has been carried out.

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