MONEY could be kept in Guernsey’s economy if the States reviewed its tendering process, the chief minister has said.

COMMERCE and Employment minister Kevin Stewart yesterday shrugged off the fact only two of his new board members backed him during the ministerial elections.

MEDIA rules and regulations will need to be looked at before the next election, the new Commerce and Employment minister believes.

NOW that the final stages of the departmental elections have been completed, there is almost a sense of a government of unity having been created following the general election last month in which 22 new deputies entered the Assembly.

TREASURY and Resources is one step closer to the ‘holy grail’ of accounting – zero-based budgeting, its former minister has said.

FEARS have been raised that the new States has ushered in an era of opposition politics after shunning experience in yesterday’s elections.

THE former chairman of the Legislation Select Committee believes many newly-elected ministers and committee chairmen have made promises upon which they will not be able to deliver.

The States will today elect 10 new Policy Council ministers, plus the chairmen and members for all of its departments and committees.

FIVE contested elections are guaranteed tomorrow as spurned ministers have confirmed they will be standing from the floor against the chief minister’s nominees.

CHIEF MINISTER Peter Harwood believes his ministerial nominations will drive the process of change that is expected.