No action after complaint about Alderney president
BBCNo further action will be taken after a code of conduct complaint against the president of the States of Alderney.
Bruce Woodhead resigned from the States of Alderney in December 2024 and submitted the complaint against President William Tate on 6 February.
The Vice President of the States, Steve Roberts, decided no further action would be taken. However, Woodhead said Roberts had a "conflict of interest" and, in his view, the complaint still stood "until it is properly dealt with".
The BBC has approached Roberts for a comment, while Tate said he would not comment on the complaint.
Woodhead said Tate had been "totally biased" against the States' former chief executive Theo Leijser during a Policy and Finance Committee meeting in December 2024 at which Leijser's employment status was discussed.
Woodhead said in his complaint Tate had been "incensed" by a press release about the departure of Nigel Vooght, who had stepped down as chair of the Policy and Finance Committee days before the committee meeting.
He said Tate had told the committee Mr Leijser "should not have passed comment" on the departure of Vooght, "either good or bad".
Woodhead said it had turned the meeting "into a kangaroo court", and that committee members had subsequently voted by six to two in favour of terminating Leisjer's employment contract.
In January, the States of Alderney announced Leisjer's departure, although no reason was given.
In response to the complaint, Roberts said the complaint "has not been substantiated" and "determined that that no further action will be taken".
Woodhead said Roberts had a "conflict of interest" as he had attended the meeting.
The States of Alderney had been due to agree the Commissioner for Standards for both Jersey and Guernsey, Dr Melissa McCullough, should have her role extended to Alderney in December 2024, but the planned vote on the appointment was withdrawn.
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