The Attorney General, Tim Le Cocq SENATORIAL by-election candidates will be formally nominated in three weeks – but it is still not clear whether Stuart Syvret will be able to stand.The nomination meeting will be held at the Town Hall at 7.30 pm on 25 May. All candidates must complete an election form signed by ten people before being formally nominated.
The election is being held to fill the position left vacant by former Senator Stuart Syvret, who was forced to vacate his seat after being absent for six months. Mr Syvret, who is in self-imposed exile in the UK, wants to stand in the election, but it is thought he may have been out of the Island for too long.
The Attorney General, Tim Le Cocq, said yesterday that it was not for him to decide whether Mr Syvret could stand for re-election – it was a matter for the Royal Court.
Three Islanders have already announced that they will stand. Deputy Geoff Southern, St Helier businessman Gino Risoli and Islander Graeme Jenkins, who is unemployed, will all contest the election on 16 June.
Article posted on 1st May, 2010 - 2.59pm
Election: Stuart Syvret’s eligibility remains unclear