MHK slams inefficient LegCo election process

Tuesday, 17 March 2015 00:00

Two new MLCs - Bill Henderson and David Cretney

Legislative Council elections can be made more time and cost effective.

That's the message from Rushen MHK Juan Watterson following yesterday's events in the House of Keys - which saw Bill Henderson and David Cretney joining LegCo.

He says with only two elected so far, and the other two to be determined in roughly six weeks time, it's only a job half done.

Mr Watterson branded the process as inefficient and says there's an obvious solution:

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