Alderney States member Bill Walden couldn't resist a parting shot at former colleague Richard Cox during last month's meeting.
Mr Walden, who recently won a place on Guernsey's Public Services Department, spoke shortly before the States agreed to hold a by-election on June 28 to find Mr Cox's successor.
He said: "As someone who was once described as an enemy of democracy by the former member, I support this proposal and hope there is a good field of candidates."
Mr Cox, who resigned on April 30 to take a PhD at King's College, London, delivered a parting shot of his own in May, by describing the atmosphere among States members as "poisonous".
The 75-year-old severely criticised Policy and Finance chairman Richard Willmott in a letter to the Journal, saying his "group", which according to Mr Cox included Mr Walden, is unable to accept political criticism.
He also called on the electorate to watch out for unnecessary secretiveness .
The States unanimously agreed that nominations for the upcoming by-election should be received by 4pm on June 17.
Whoever replaces Mr Cox will hold office until the remainder of his term, which ends on December 31, 2010.
The Guernsey Bereavement Service has made three visits to Alderney over the past few months and would like to continue to help you. We are visiting the island again on
Tuesday, 23rd February 2024 and would invite anyone who feels they would like Bereavement Counselling to telephone the Bereavement Service Office on 257778 to make a time to meet one of our counsellors.
Tue 21st July 2026 Free entry, retiring collection for ABO. Pete Ellis escaped office life in 2000 to take up a life in the outdoors. Soon becoming an International Mountain Leader, he led trekking holidays in the UK, Europe and further afield for the next 20 years. During this time, he also indulged his passion for climbing mountains, which included, in 2012, Mount Everest. This completed the Seven Continental Summits (the highest points of all seven continents), an achievement accomplished by a select group of about 400 people.
This talk is about the final, Everest, stage of The Seven Summits. The climb was from the north, through Tibet, the route originally visited by Mallory and Irvine in the 1920s. It will be a personal tale of the trip, illustrated with many photographs.
, Island Hall, 19:00