Chief Minister pledges to take file note ‘seriously’

Wednesday 20th January 2010, 2:56PM GMT.

Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur

AN ALLEGED police file note claiming that top civil servants plotted to remove former Health Minister Stuart Syvret from office was at the centre of a States debate yesterday.

As a result, the Island’s Chief Minister, Terry Le Sueur, has now promised Members that the matter will be treated seriously.

The confidential file note was said to have come from suspended police chief Graham Power and was disclosed by Deputy Trevor Pitman during States Question Time.

It was alleged that the Island’s chief executive officer, Bill Ogley, led a meeting with top civil servants in July 2007 to remove Senator Syvret, who was the Health Minister at the time.

Keeping in line with parliamentary rules yesterday, only the civil servants’ titles were used and no names were mentioned.

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