The paper will publish a series of reports, meeting those with a particular interest in what happened when votes were cast on Wednesday 16 May and, arguably more importantly, in what’s happened since.
Today we meet one of only two politicians to lose their seats at the election. Juliette Gallichan was, for nine years, the Constable of St Mary. Before that she was a parish Deputy. One of her last decisions while in office was to support moving election day from the autumn to the spring. But, nearly 100 days on, she is having regrets.
She said: ‘The sad thing about it is I don’t get an early sense of anything coming out of government at the moment.
‘I was part of the committee that came up with the spring election idea, but for all sorts of reasons it’s turned out to be an awkward thing to do. Going straight into summer recess before you get the hang of things means it’s been a very slow start.’
Mrs Gallichan is also choosing to air reservations about Chief Minister John Le Fondré’s leadership style.
‘It’s a time for the Chief Minister to be really robust,’ she said. ‘He’s certainly not an unintelligent person and not without great merit, but he is in a very different role now and it will be interesting to see how it develops.
‘He needs to be much more decisive and act more quickly than he has in the past. I’m not going to criticise him, but he’s never struck me as a quick decider. It may be because he needs to pull people with him, but to me a leader must lead.’
Among those sharing their thoughts and observations this week are new politician Deputy Rob Ward and the Dean of Jersey, the Very Rev Mike Keirle.
We’re also inviting readers to join the debate on our website at jerseyeveningpost.com and across social media using the hashtag #JEP100Days.
