Simon Crowcroft has argued that reforming the States so that Constables no longer have an automatic right to sit in the Assembly is the best way to make the Island’s political system fair and democratic.
Mr Crowcroft said that the current arrangements meant that the vote of an elector in a less populated parish, such as St Mary, has a more heavily weighted vote than Islanders living in St Helier.
He was speaking in response to comments by the head of the Committee of Constables, Trinity Constable John Gallichan, who said last week that Islanders would have no parish representation at all if Constables were removed, even if the heads of the parishes were elected as Deputies.
