Guernsey Press

'Two-day course not why women won seats'

SUPPORTERS of the Power of the Voice and Women2Win events staunchly defended their involvement yesterday, after six failed candidates claimed the initiatives were unfair and had made last month's election 'illegal'.

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The letter, written by St Peter Port South candidate Neil Forman, and signed by six other unsuccessful would-be deputies, said that because the States partially-funded the Woman2Win course, the law surrounding election expenditure had been breached.

Mark de Garis, registrar general at the time of the election, also defended the events.

He said the campaign was about encouraging women to stand, not telling the electorate to vote for women.

The Guernsey College of Further Education organised and delivered the Woman2Win programme after being approached by the States Assembly and Constitution Committee.

Principal Saboohi Famili said the college had simply responded to a request to provide a course.

'From the point of view of the college, what we have provided is skills and knowledge where a gap was identified,' she said.

'This could have been provided to men too if they had attended.'

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