The former Bailiff – who secured a record-breaking 17,538 votes to top the Senatorial poll on Wednesday – says that drastic action is needed to improve the way that States Members do their job.
And he says that the existing code of conduct, which requires politicians to treat ‘other Members of the States, officers, and members of the public with respect and courtesy and without malice’ needs to be properly enforced.
Senator-elect Bailhache said: ‘The problem is that there are no teeth to enforce the code. And we have seen Members who have relished the opportunity of repeating all of their insults if a complaint is made, so there is no respect for the code.’
• Sir Philip is the subject of the Saturday Interview in today’s Jersey Evening Post
