Potential Chief Minister candidates are being invited to set out their stall for the next five years.
The Positive Action Group has organised a public meeting on October 3rd - the day before the decision will be made in Tynwald:
Nominations for the position - which is currently held by Allan Bell - will be made on September 27th; those people nominated must publish their policy statement within two days of this.
PAG has provisionally invited the 17 candidates who, if elected on September 22nd, would be returning MHKs - Roger Tomlinson is the spokesman:
'The Choice for Chief Minister' meeting will take place at 7.30pm at the Manx Legion Club in Douglas - it's free to attend and open to all.
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