The Senator is keeping quiet on his ministerial plans, although it had been expected that he would make an announcement over the summer.
He has been unavailable for comment this morning.
Senator Ozouf was known to be weighing up a run for the top job earlier on this year but it is not clear whether he has changed his mind – his robust reaction to accusations that his department had lost millions by failing to complete the project of moving the police station to Lime Grove suggested that he was concerned that the issue might damage him politically.
With the 2011 election campaign formally beginning Tuesday night with the Senatorial nomination meeting, there is still no word from the Senator about what his plans are.
So far, Home Affairs Minister Ian Le Marquand has announced that he will stand for Chief Minister and Senator Paul Routier has confirmed that he is considering running for the job.
Full story in Monday’s JEP
