REFORM of a key position in Sark moved a step closer yesterday after Chief Pleas voted to split the role of the Seneschal.

SARK has taken the first step towards splitting the dual role of the island’s Seneschal.

ONE of Sark’s conseillers takes us to task on this page for our critical editorial comments about the dual role of the island’s Seneschal on the grounds that they lose credibility because we are not campaigning for a separation of the similar roles of the office of Bailiff.

A PROPOSITION to go before Sark’s Chief Pleas aimed at ending the dual role of the Seneschal as island judge with some additional court-related administrative functions and as ‘speaker’ of the parliament is an interesting illustration of the unhappy nature of society over there.

SARK is set to press ahead with plans to split the role of Seneschal but islanders may have to pay more tax to finance the division of the job.

JUSTICE Minister Lord Bach has told Sark that it should resolve the issue of the dual role of the Seneschal – as president of both the island’s court and Chief Pleas – by the end of this year.

SARK’S democratic reforms reflect the will of the majority of residents, according to the island’s seneschal, Reg Guille.