A MENTAL health nurse and former secretary of the Jersey branch of the Royal College of Nursing is seeking election as Deputy for St Helier South.
Standing on behalf of the new People First party, Andrew Sinclair said he wanted to provide an option for voters outside of what he termed the “cosy club of Jersey politics”.
“I believe Jersey needs a real opposition – one that won’t go into coalition with a government that advocates backward steps, such as charges for attending the hospital’s Emergency Department,” he said.
“Jersey cannot allow itself to become a paradise for a tiny minority of very wealthy people at the expense of the rest of its population, who are left to struggle with an out-of-control cost of living crisis, the result of a laissez-faire approach to the regulation of utilities, food supply, and rents.”
People First would advocate a shift in fiscal policy, he added, moving to shift the burden of tax from middle-earners to the super-rich.
Mr Sinclair said People First stood for equality and would strive to represent the many, not the few, and called for greater scrutiny of the financial services industry and the “tax loopholes” enjoyed by wealthy Islanders.
A total of nine candidates are battling to win one of three available assembly seats. Also running are Nick Le Cornu of People First, the Reform Jersey trio of Tom Coles, Beatriz Porée, and Carla Jardim and independents Samantha Gleave, Judy Martin, Jason Lagadu and Bernie Manning.
