From Gino Risoli.
SENATOR Stuart Syvert’s motion to dismiss our ministers this week will, of course, fail. The ten ministers, as well as the assistant ministers, make 20 votes. Senators Freddy Cohen and Philip Ozouf will whip up another seven votes and there you have it. Democracy in action.

Forget that the vote has anything to do with the integrity of our government. Forget the fact that if the people of Jersey were to decide Tuesday’s vote, the result would be quite different. Arrogance at its best.

At the last Senatorial election I stood on a platform of transparency. Nothing is more important than this in government today. If the people of Jersey want to have a dynamic and truly representative government, it must operate on a transparent level.

The Waterfront fiasco would not have happened if the facts had been made available. And what is more important than this is that transparency would provide representation of quite a different calibre.

What is profoundly disheartening for me is that what I am saying here is quite obvious. We have the technology to do it. We know it is the right thing to do.

The electorate would be well advised these coming elections to put aside individual demands and concentrate on those people standing for office who are willing to provide the necessary legislation.

Information is the key to discovery. Transparency is the master key.
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