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Sark general election, 2008

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The location of the Bailiwick of Guernsey which includes Sark

 

The Sark general election, 2008, held on 10 December 2008, was the first election held in the Channel Island of Sark under a new constitutional arrangement. Sark is thereby the last European territory to abolish feudalism in 2008.[1]

 

Fifty-seven candidates[2] (almost 10% of the population) stood for 28 seats in the Chief Pleas. The elected members in the new Chief Pleas will be titled conseillers, and will replace the mixed system of elected People's Deputies and ex-officio Tenants in the outgoing Chief Pleas. The conseillers elected in 2008 will serve for either four years or two years. Those 14 conseillers elected for two-year mandates will serve until the next election in December 2010 when the successive mandate will be four years, thus achieving a rolling election cycle. The selection of which conseillers elected in 2008 will serve a two-year mandate or four-year mandate was determined by random ballot.[3]

[beano]

Feudalism was marginally worse than the economic system that preceded it, the Servile or slavery system. At least your owner had a financially inspired duty of care to keep you healthy.

In feudalism your worked and fought for your lord until you died of premature old age or untreated illness.

We still have it but now they call it capitalism.

[sayjann]

don't forget the full story CTO.

 

the elections were at the instigation of the 2 million/billionaire brothers who basically own the Island.

they didn't like the system and forced the elections.

but it all went sour when their preferred candidates were slaughtered in the polls and are now selling up because they never got their own way.

 

they are closing down their businesses which include hotels and pubs and around 10% of the Islanders will be made redundant.