Andre Risha

Andre Risha

Andre is a consultant surgeon at Noble's Hospital.

In his spare time, he enjoys playing table tennis, fishing and nature walks. 

Drawing on his frontline experience, he's campaigning to drive urgent reforms within the Manx NHS, tackle the escalating housing crisis and restore accountability to government spending.

In a press release, he says his core campaign priorities include the following:

• Ending the "Mad March" Spend: Reforming the "Alice in Wonderland" approach to government finance, where departments are penalised for underspending. Instead, departments should be incentivised and applauded for efficiently adhering to their budgets.
• Housing Market Reform: Introducing measures to control the investment market in housing. Drawing on successful models in the Channel Islands, Mr Risha proposes restricting speculative purchasing while providing real, tangible incentives for first-time residential buyers.
• Controlling Public Sector Bloat: Addressing the ballooning bureaucracy that has expanded greatly since the pandemic. Mr Risha is prepared to push for the difficult but necessary decisions required to control this growth and promote private investment.
• Incentivising Tourism: Reforming tourism VAT to better support and stimulate the local sector, expanding relief beyond the current 5% rate, which is restricted solely to accommodation.

Andre adds: "If we are to protect our financial security for future generations, action has to be taken now to bring about good governance for the residents of the Isle of Man."

We asked each candidate to tell us what their top priorities would be for the next administration.

Andre chose NHS, housing and transparency public accounts.

Contact Details:

E: sintandrew@gmail.com

P: (07624) 451466 or 07511 664917

Candidate Media:

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