After countless propositions and debates over the years, on Thursday the States voted in favour of a reform package which would see 12 parish Constables and eight Senators elected alongside 28 Deputies in six super-constituencies.
But those changes could still be halted if plans for a referendum go ahead.
Economic Development Minister Lyndon Farnham successfully persuaded the States to save the Islandwide mandate and amend a proposition from Deputy Andrew Lewis so that it included Senators.
Deputy Lewis said that the amendment had been a ‘wrecking’ proposal to block his plans – a slight reworking of the winning option from the 2013 referendum. However, he accepted that the changes voted for by the Assembly represented significant progress and were ‘the start of a journey’.
Full report in Saturday’s JEP.
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