Two Plaid Llanelli Constituency Officers Resign…

The current crisis within Plaid Cymru in Llanelli is getting worse.

I have heard that unfortunately both Sean Rees, the Constituency’s Press Officer and Dyfrig Thomas, the Constituency’s Data Officer have resigned from their positions on the Officers Group of the Llanelli Constituency Committee with immediate effect.

Although, they are both remaining as party members, Sean and Dyfrig have been treated appallingly by the conduct of certain Constituency Officers. This conduct appears to have been ignored by the Party centrally, mainly by those in positions of power and authority.

Sean is a very well respected Councillor and member amongst the Party’s membership. Dyfrig received a lifetime achievement award from the Party just last year at the Plaid conference.

I understand that the Party centrally is refusing to hold a full independant investigation into everything that has happened at a local level over the past 9 months. Llanelli is not alone in this regard which begs the question if they have nothing to fear, why not agree to an investigation?

25 members have now resigned to date across the Llanelli Constituency.

The Llanelli Town Branch has issued a vote of no confidence in Deris Williams (Chair of the Constituency) and Mari Arthur (Secretary of the Constituency) yet there has been no response from the Party centrally at all in relation to this matter too.

The Officers of the Town Branch are also being placed under considerable pressure to release the notes of the last Town Branch meeting with the minute taker L.J.Couch in particular feeling aggrieved at the interpretation of the standing orders and failure to differentiate between rough notes and ratified minutes.

Just as an additional note, L.J.Couch also has over 40 years of trade union minute taking experience, 20 years of which were with ASLEF.