AN emergency States sitting has been called in the wake of Senator Stuart Syvret’s arrest over data protection allegations.
Using an obscure and rarely enacted provision in the Standing Orders of the States, a group of seven Members have formally requisitioned an emergency sitting.
They say they want the States to consider the decisions taken by the police and Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand in relation to the arrest and detention of Senator Syvret.
And the group also want the head of the Privileges and Procedures Committee, St Mary Constable Juliette Gallichan, to give an update on the protection Members have under parliamentary privilege.
Picture: Senator Syvret, on his release from Police Headquarters where he ws held
for seven hours following his arrest on Monday
Article posted on 11th April, 2009 - 2.59pm
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