He told a States Complaints Board that he suspected the decision to suspend him last November over the management of the historical child abuse inquiry took place before then Home Affairs Minister Andrew Lewis claimed it had occurred.
Mr Power exercised his right to appeal to the board against the decision made by Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur not to provide him with the dates and times that three letters – two handed to him during the suspension meeting on 12 November 2008 and one sent to him two days later – were first created.
He is challenging the claim made at that time by the then Deputy Lewis that on 11 November he had received a letter from chief executive Bill Ogley containing another letter from the then Deputy police chief David Warcup in which concern about the handling of the historical child abuse inquiry was expressed in a Metropolitan Police review.
Sylvia Roberts from the Law Officers’ Department, who represented Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur, said that the information sought by Mr Power did not exist, and, even if it did or could be created, the exemption of legal professional privilege meant that there was no requirement on the Chief Minister to provide it.
The decision of the panel, chaired by Advocate Richard Renouf sitting with Nigel Le Gresley and Christine Vibert, will be given at a later date.
