A former Guernsey chief minister has been accused of undermining Guernsey's safeguarding system by the head of the Medical Specialist Group (MSG).
MSG chair Dr Steve Evans said Deputy Gavin St Pier had "potentially impacted the trust the population have in the safeguarding process".
It follows a ruling by the office overseeing politicians' standards which ruled St Pier had breached States rules during a phone call with a journalist from The Guardian. The Commissioner for Standards should his actions should result in a 25 day suspension from the States. A decision on that is due on Wednesday.
St Pier said he was disappointed that when trying to raise concerns about safeguarding, that Dr Evans had not decided to meet with him.
The conflict with local doctor Sandie Bohin was first brought up in public in April 2022, when St Pier named her in the States Assembly, under parliamentary privilege, in a speech about concerns around safeguarding.
The former chief minister was subject to four code of conduct complaints following that speech, which led to him receiving a formal reprimand from the States.
Despite this, he was cleared of abusing parliamentary privilege after a complaint by the Committee for Health and Social Care.
Critics of St Pier's comments said those involved in the process were concerned they could be could be mentioned in government debates, leading them to be scared to raise safeguarding issues.
Ahead of the States meeting where St Pier's fate will be decided, Dr Evans said he hoped deputies would "respect" the results of the independent investigation by Commissioner for Standards Dr Mellissa McCullough.
Following the release of the report, St Pier described the findings of the report as "dystopian" and said it was accepted by the States it would "undermine democracy".
Dr Evans disagreed: "The information he gave was misleading and inaccurate and seriously impacted on a doctor's reputation."
The British Medical Association representative for Guernsey, Dr Matt Dorrian, also added his support to the MSG's calls to suspend St Pier.
He said St Pier had "abused his position as an elected member of the States of Guernsey to pursue a vendetta against Dr Bohin".
"Medical professionals in Guernsey have reported they are scared to speak out even when they know it is in patients' best interests for fear of being attacked without the right of reply in Guernsey's government," he added.
St Pier said he was trying to challenge a "culture which is systemically resistant to responding appropriately to anything perceived as challenge or criticism".
Dr Bohin previously said claimed the saga had been designed to "ruin her reputation".
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