Senator Perchard resigns from WEB

Senator Jim Perchard has resigned from the Waterfront Enterprise Board.

He's quit in the wake of concerns about a new office development on the esplanade.

He says it was unacceptable he was misinformed about a potential lawsuit against the developers Harcourt - and went on to give colleagues inaccurate information.

But he says it was another revelation that's forced him to resign - that WEB's chairman Gerald Voisin is also chairman of a bank that supports Harcourt developments.

There maybe trouble ahead....

Serves him right trying to fool the Public

I don't see why he didn't call for the Chairman to resign if he felt there was a conflict of interest. At least while on the board he held some sway as to how it acted, now Gerald Voisin still has a conflict of interest, but the board is a man, and a vote, down if they want to challenge him.

THE States were in disarray this morning after a dramatic 24 hours in the Esplanade development fiasco.
Senator Jim Perchard resigned from the Waterfront Enterprise Board after learning that WEB chairman Gerald Voisin is also on a subsidiary board of AIB, the bank behind developers Harcourt.
Today, Senator Stuart Syvret said that he would be bringing a vote of no confidence in the Council of Ministers. He has described the whole affair as ‘complete chaos’.
Meanwhile, a group of States Members have formally asked for the entire Waterfront debate to be brought back to the House so that it can be debated again following reports of the lawsuit.
Deputy Gerard Baudains – the first Member to raise the issue of the Las Vegas lawsuit against Harcourt in the States last week – has the backing of Deputies Bob Hill, Alan Breckon, Roy Le Hérissier and Geoff Southern, who are all asking for the States to debate the matter again.
Yesterday Deputy Chief Minister Terry Le Sueur faced a barrage of questions in the States about the revelations. He was standing in for Chief Minister Frank Walker, who is holidaying in Bermuda this week.
Senator Le Sueur told Members that the Council of Ministers would share further ‘due diligence’ reports on Harcourt before the final agreement for them to begin work was signed. (thisisjersey)

Sounds like things are going to get worse

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