New Plaid Cymru Group Takes Root in Llanelli

A new political movement within Plaid Cymru will be making its first move with a meeting at the Hotel Diplomat, Llanelli (Wednesday March 28, 7.30).

The man behind the new movement is Neil McEvoy AM, currently appealing his very recent ejection from Plaid Cymru and he will be joined on the platform by Gwyn Hopkins, the former Secretary of Llanelli Plaid Constituency, who will speak about natural justice and the history of the party in Llanelli.

The intention to form the new group was announced at a fringe meeting during the Plaid Cymru Spring Conference in Llangollen last Saturday (24/03/2018).  Speaking to a room packed with supporters and interested Plaid members, Neil McEvoy said “Our new group is a movement within Plaid Cymru, with the aim of reinvigorating and strengthening our message and our electoral success.

“We are not left, right or bland centre, we are a ‘grass roots up’ Welsh political movement, propagating the aims of Plaid Cymru. We are looking for founder members among existing Plaid members and those interested in joining us in Llanelli. I am delighted to have been invited here to meet people and share thoughts about what I think we can achieve together.”

The group will be open to all, except members of other political parties in Wales and will be named at the end of April at the official launch, followed by further meetings and events around Wales.

Neil McEvoy said that after consulting with other interested Plaid members, the group will have three key principles:

• Individual Sovereignty: natural justice, due process and free speech must be at the heart of Welsh life. Individual rights will not be sacrificed in the name of groupthink, dogma and those who are easily offended.
• Community Sovereignty: the rights of communities to influence decisions will be respected. Referenda on issues such as Local Development plans and planning will be respected. It will be up to communities to decide who represents them at every level of government. Decentralisation of decision making to community level will be fully encouraged.
• National Sovereignty: Wales can stand on its own two feet and we have a duty and responsibility to govern our own country. We will push for a referendum for Welsh national sovereignty, with international recognition as soon as a majority in the Welsh Parliament is achieved.

Grŵp Newydd Plaid Cymru yn bwrw gwreiddiau yn Llanelli

Bydd mudiad gwleidyddol newydd o fewn Plaid Cymru yn cymryd ei gamau cyntaf gyda chyfarfod yng Ngwesty’r Diplomat, Llanelli (Nos Fercher, Mawrth 28ain, am 7.30).

Neil McEvoy AC yw symbylydd y mudiad, er ei fod yn apelio yn erbyn y penderfyniad diweddar i’w diarddel o Blaid Cymru. Bydd Gwyn Hopkins, cyn Ysgrifennydd Plaid Cymru dros Etholaeth Llanelli, yn ymuno ag ef ar y llwyfan i draddodi ar hanes y blaid yn yr etholaeth ac ar bwysigrwydd cyfiawnder naturiol.

Cafodd y bwriad i ffurfio’r mudiad ei gyhoeddi mewn cyfarfod ymylol yn ystod Cynhadledd Gwanwyn Plaid Cymru yn Llangollen ddydd Sadwrn diwethaf (24/03/2018). Wrth annerch ystafell oedd yn orlawn o gefnogwyr a darpar gefnogwyr o blith aelodau Plaid Cymru, meddai Neil McEvoy “Grŵp o fewn Plaid Cymru fydd ein mudiad ni, gyda’r nod o sbarduno ac atgyfnerthu ein neges a’n llwyddiant etholiadol.

“Nid ydym o’r chwith nac o’r dde, nac o’r canol corsiog; mudiad gwleidyddol Cymreig sy’n ‘tyfu o’r gwreiddiau’ ydym, er mwyn hyrwyddo amcanion Plaid Cymru. Rydym yn chwilio am sylfaenwyr o blith aelodau’r Blaid ac eraill sy’n dymuno dod atom yn Llanelli. Dwi’n falch iawn o fod wedi cael fy ngwahodd yma i rannu gyda phobl beth y credaf y gallem ei gyflawni gyda’n gilydd.”

Bydd y grŵp yn agored i bawb, heblaw aelodau o bleidiau gwleidyddol eraill yng Nghymru, ac fe gaiff ei enwi yn y lansiad swyddogol ddiwedd Mis Ebrill, gyda chyfarfodydd a digwyddiadau eraill yn dilyn led led Cymru.

Meddai Neil McEvoy ei fod wedi trafod gydag aelodau eraill o Blaid Cymru, a’u bod wedi cytuno ar dri egwyddor allweddol:

• Sofraniaeth i’r unigolyn; gyda chyfiawnder naturiol, proses ddyledus a rhyddid barn yn ganolog i fywyd Cymru,
• Sofraniaeth gymunedol; gyda hawliau cymunedau i ddylanwadu ar benderfyniadau a refferanda ar faterion fel Cynlluniau Datblygu Lleol a chynllunio yn cael eu parchu,
• Sofraniaeth genedlaethol; gyda’r nod o gynnal refferendwm ar ‘sofraniaeth genedlaethol Cymru’ cyn gynted ag y llwyddir i gael mwyafrif yn Senedd Cymru.