Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Do you have a complaint about your Jersey government?


It is proposed to scrap the existing Jersey  Complaints Board system dealing with allegation of maladministration by Jersey's governmental departments.
Since hardly anybody uses the process to complain and decisions cannot be enforced this might be a good idea but it is proposed to replace it with a "Jersey Public Services Ombudsman." This will have a wider remit.

This new scheme is currently open for consultation with the general public - but of course very few members of the public will show any interest - although they will complain  if it proves defective.

This consultation presentation was video recorded on 10 September 2019 in St Helier.
The principal speaker here is  Rebecca Young - the identity of the other is not known.
About 8 people occupied the public seating at this presentation. There were questions and some discussion took place.

The video is presented in two parts;
Part one below is about 12 minutes and will be far too long for most people to watch


Part two below is nearly 15 minutes so it is extremely unlikely that anybody will even attempt to watch it;


This is how government typically works in Jersey.
The public moans about almost everything and the "government" of 49 elected representative and an army of civil servants churn out endless reports and consultation papers and then either throw them into an enormous waste paper basket or converts them into laws and regulations.
When the public realises that they should have joined in with the consultation process - but that it is now too late - they moan again.
That's how democracy works.

Enjoy the show.
If this does not interest you do not worry because there will be something even more  boring to consider soon and the government will be happy because this is how consultation works.

1 comment:

  1. Your extreme cynicism appears to be well-founded in this case as I note that both videos still have no views at all on Youtube after 3 days!

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