Tomorrow, votes will be counted in Plaid Cymru's leadership election and Ieuan Wyn Jones will cease to be Leader of Plaid Cymru, a post he has held for 12 years.
Those of you who follow this blog will now that official CymruX policy is to support Leanne Wood's campaign to succeed him. If you haven't already voted, I would urge you to select Leanne as your number once choice for Leader and get your ballot paper in the post to Tŷ Gwynfor so that it gets there before the deadline tomorrow.
But as the Leadership campaign draws to a close, I want to take a moment to pay tribute to Ieuan for his leadership for more than a decade. He has led our party with skill for years, and has been a fantastic figurehead for our national movement during that period. I think that the tributes paid to him from all across the Siambr floor during FMQs on Tuesday - his last as Leader - reflect how popular he is.
He led Plaid Cymru into Government for the first time and served our country as its Deputy First Minister. As Leader of Plaid Cymru, he led us to delivering a proper law-making parliament for our Nation. And in the early days, he was one of those people who helped turn the devolution project into the success that it is today.
I look forward to seeing him on the backbenches, fighting for the people of Ynys Môn and as Kirsty Williams put it, I hope he's as troublesome from the backbenches as other former leaders have been.
On behalf of Plaid Cymru's student and youth movement, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to Ieuan for his service over the decades, and wish him all the very best as he takes his leave of the Leadership.
Cerith Rhys Jones
National Chair
Wednesday, 14 March 2012
Thursday, 8 March 2012
Unity
By Emyr Gruffydd, Vice Chair of Cymru X - Plaid Cymru Youth
As Vice-Chair of Plaid Cymru Youth, I also have responsibility over European affairs. In two weeks, I will be going to Friesland to the European Free Alliance Youth's Annual Assembly, where I will get the chance to speak to our European comrades about the situation in their countries and learn from their experiences as young campaigners for their political parties. I am hugely interested in European affairs after living for a year in France and in Galicia, and in this post, I'd really like to take a quick look over the situation of our sister parties in Catalonia and Galica. I passionately believe that it is important to look further than Scotland, or the 'British' perspective, as some nations, such as Galicia, are in a very similar situation to us.
The Scottish situation is known to most of this blog's followers by now; a referendum will be held in 2014 by the SNP administration in Edinburgh, and I know of many a Plaid Youth activist that'll be making the trip up to Scotland to canvass for the Yes campaign. Opinion polls vary significantly on the support for Scottish Independence - anything from 38% to 51% of the population say that they are in favour. This scenario to me seems similar to another stateless nation in Europe - Catalonia - where around 44% of the population, according to a recent poll, would vote Yes in a referendum on Catalan independence if it were held tomorrow.
Why, therefore, is there no referendum planned in Catalonia? Well, think back two years to the various referenda held in the country - however, these were organsied by Catalan Nationalists and not deemed official by the Spanish Constitutional Court. Turnout was also low in some parts - many mountain villages registered turnouts of near 90%, whereas turnout in the city of Barcelona itself was only about 26%.
Nationalist parties historically do well in Catalonia, and at the moment, a 'Catalanist' center-right party, Convergencia i Unió, is in goverment. However, this party, which historically garners support from the Catalan speaking bourgoisie, does not include constitutional independence as one of its priorities - indeed, on its website, there is no mention of independence at all. Its youth wing is considered pro-independence, and many politicians within CiU have expressed support for the idea, but the party remains very ambiguous over the idea.
But many other home-grown parties, wit no links to Madrid, exist in Catalonia. Our sister party in EFA, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, is a republican, left wing party that supports independence for the country. It garners support from about 8-10% of the electorate, mainly in small towns in the center of Catalonia but also has strong support amongst the Catalan youth. JERC, their youth wing, is a highly successful organisation, which holds a yearly political and music festival, the Acampada Jove, attended by hundreds of young people. Another Catalan political party is Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència - a party dedicaded solely to fighting for independence. Solidaritat accuses ERC of being sluggish over the issue of independence, and was formed by a group of disillusioned ERC, CiU and Regrupament members (another Catalanist political party) along Joan Laporta, ex-manager of Barcelona Football Club, of which I am a lifelong, massive fan! ;) Many well known Catalan intelectuals have also joined the formation. And I'm not going to start mentioning another independence seeking, radical left wing party which contests local elections, the Candidatura d'Unitat Popular...
Galician Nationalism is even more confusing - but bear with me while I try my utmost to explain the details. The Galician National Bloc, the BNG, is the only Nationalist Formation that has any substantial representation within Galician politics. A fragmented party, it includes groups that are communist, liberal, centrist, social-democratic and some that are definitiely not convinced about the idea of Galician Independence. Recently, a group lead by the ex-leader of the BNG, Xosé Manuel Beiras, has been considering leaving the BNG to set up their own party, Máis Galiza - and the only people laughing are the Partido Popular, or the Conservative and Unionist Party, which is in government both in Santiago de Compostela and in Madrid.
So, why have I chosen to look at these examples? What I believe that we can learn from these nations, especially Scotland, is that unity is key to ensuring a strong Nationalist movement. The SNP is the only progressive choice for supporters of independence in Scotland, as it stands out as a strong, united movement, but there seems to be a lot more choice for nationalists in Catalonia. 44% of the Catalan people want independence - but those parties that support it still seem to be bickering amongst each other. With Plaid Cymru going through a leadership election at the moment, we need to take a long hard look at ourselves and think how we are going to get 44% of the Welsh population , interested in the national cause, let alone interested in independence. The only answer I seem to be able to find to this is that we ensure that we remain wholly united in our call for a free Wales under our new leader, whoever she may be.
Fersiwn Gymraeg i ddilyn.
As Vice-Chair of Plaid Cymru Youth, I also have responsibility over European affairs. In two weeks, I will be going to Friesland to the European Free Alliance Youth's Annual Assembly, where I will get the chance to speak to our European comrades about the situation in their countries and learn from their experiences as young campaigners for their political parties. I am hugely interested in European affairs after living for a year in France and in Galicia, and in this post, I'd really like to take a quick look over the situation of our sister parties in Catalonia and Galica. I passionately believe that it is important to look further than Scotland, or the 'British' perspective, as some nations, such as Galicia, are in a very similar situation to us.
The Scottish situation is known to most of this blog's followers by now; a referendum will be held in 2014 by the SNP administration in Edinburgh, and I know of many a Plaid Youth activist that'll be making the trip up to Scotland to canvass for the Yes campaign. Opinion polls vary significantly on the support for Scottish Independence - anything from 38% to 51% of the population say that they are in favour. This scenario to me seems similar to another stateless nation in Europe - Catalonia - where around 44% of the population, according to a recent poll, would vote Yes in a referendum on Catalan independence if it were held tomorrow.
Why, therefore, is there no referendum planned in Catalonia? Well, think back two years to the various referenda held in the country - however, these were organsied by Catalan Nationalists and not deemed official by the Spanish Constitutional Court. Turnout was also low in some parts - many mountain villages registered turnouts of near 90%, whereas turnout in the city of Barcelona itself was only about 26%.
Nationalist parties historically do well in Catalonia, and at the moment, a 'Catalanist' center-right party, Convergencia i Unió, is in goverment. However, this party, which historically garners support from the Catalan speaking bourgoisie, does not include constitutional independence as one of its priorities - indeed, on its website, there is no mention of independence at all. Its youth wing is considered pro-independence, and many politicians within CiU have expressed support for the idea, but the party remains very ambiguous over the idea.
But many other home-grown parties, wit no links to Madrid, exist in Catalonia. Our sister party in EFA, Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya, is a republican, left wing party that supports independence for the country. It garners support from about 8-10% of the electorate, mainly in small towns in the center of Catalonia but also has strong support amongst the Catalan youth. JERC, their youth wing, is a highly successful organisation, which holds a yearly political and music festival, the Acampada Jove, attended by hundreds of young people. Another Catalan political party is Solidaritat Catalana per la Independència - a party dedicaded solely to fighting for independence. Solidaritat accuses ERC of being sluggish over the issue of independence, and was formed by a group of disillusioned ERC, CiU and Regrupament members (another Catalanist political party) along Joan Laporta, ex-manager of Barcelona Football Club, of which I am a lifelong, massive fan! ;) Many well known Catalan intelectuals have also joined the formation. And I'm not going to start mentioning another independence seeking, radical left wing party which contests local elections, the Candidatura d'Unitat Popular...
Galician Nationalism is even more confusing - but bear with me while I try my utmost to explain the details. The Galician National Bloc, the BNG, is the only Nationalist Formation that has any substantial representation within Galician politics. A fragmented party, it includes groups that are communist, liberal, centrist, social-democratic and some that are definitiely not convinced about the idea of Galician Independence. Recently, a group lead by the ex-leader of the BNG, Xosé Manuel Beiras, has been considering leaving the BNG to set up their own party, Máis Galiza - and the only people laughing are the Partido Popular, or the Conservative and Unionist Party, which is in government both in Santiago de Compostela and in Madrid.
So, why have I chosen to look at these examples? What I believe that we can learn from these nations, especially Scotland, is that unity is key to ensuring a strong Nationalist movement. The SNP is the only progressive choice for supporters of independence in Scotland, as it stands out as a strong, united movement, but there seems to be a lot more choice for nationalists in Catalonia. 44% of the Catalan people want independence - but those parties that support it still seem to be bickering amongst each other. With Plaid Cymru going through a leadership election at the moment, we need to take a long hard look at ourselves and think how we are going to get 44% of the Welsh population , interested in the national cause, let alone interested in independence. The only answer I seem to be able to find to this is that we ensure that we remain wholly united in our call for a free Wales under our new leader, whoever she may be.
Fersiwn Gymraeg i ddilyn.
Thursday, 1 March 2012
Peint i'r Blaid | Pint for Plaid
Gyfeillion oll,
Heddiw, ry'n ni'n lansio ymgyrch i gynyddu incwm misol mudiad ieuenctid a myfyrwyr Plaid Cymru, er mwyn inni allu cyflogi trefnydd a fydd yn hwyluso'n gwaith a'n hymgyrchu ledled Cymru.
Yr hyn ry'n ni'n ei ofyn yw gwerth peint rhad o gwrw bob mis - rhyw £2. Os ellwch chi fforddio rhoi mwy, felly gwych! Mi fydd pob un ohonom yn gwerthfawrogi unrhyw faint bynnag y gellwch chi fforddio rhoi.
Os y'ch chi'n fodlon buddsoddi yn nyfodol eich cenedl, yna cysylltwch gyda Cadeirydd y mudiad ar cerithrjones@live.co.uk am ffurflen ddebyd uniongyrchol.
Diolch enfawr ichi.
Friends,
Today we're launching a campaign to increase Plaid Cymru's student and youth movement's monthly income, so that we can employ an organiser who will facilitate our work and campaigning across Wales.
What we're asking is that you give us the value of a pint a month - some £2. If you can afford more, then great! We will all appreciate however much you can give very much.
If you want to invest in the future of your nation, then contact the movement's Chair at cerithrjones@live.co.uk for a direct debit mandate.
Thank you so much.
Cerith Rhys Jones
Cadeirydd | Chair
Heddiw, ry'n ni'n lansio ymgyrch i gynyddu incwm misol mudiad ieuenctid a myfyrwyr Plaid Cymru, er mwyn inni allu cyflogi trefnydd a fydd yn hwyluso'n gwaith a'n hymgyrchu ledled Cymru.
Yr hyn ry'n ni'n ei ofyn yw gwerth peint rhad o gwrw bob mis - rhyw £2. Os ellwch chi fforddio rhoi mwy, felly gwych! Mi fydd pob un ohonom yn gwerthfawrogi unrhyw faint bynnag y gellwch chi fforddio rhoi.
Os y'ch chi'n fodlon buddsoddi yn nyfodol eich cenedl, yna cysylltwch gyda Cadeirydd y mudiad ar cerithrjones@live.co.uk am ffurflen ddebyd uniongyrchol.
Diolch enfawr ichi.
Friends,
Today we're launching a campaign to increase Plaid Cymru's student and youth movement's monthly income, so that we can employ an organiser who will facilitate our work and campaigning across Wales.
What we're asking is that you give us the value of a pint a month - some £2. If you can afford more, then great! We will all appreciate however much you can give very much.
If you want to invest in the future of your nation, then contact the movement's Chair at cerithrjones@live.co.uk for a direct debit mandate.
Thank you so much.
Cerith Rhys Jones
Cadeirydd | Chair
Saturday, 25 February 2012
CymruX Chair: Why I support Leanne
My Plaid Cymru ballot paper arrived this morning and I'm proud to report that everyone in the Jones Household has placed Leanne Wood as their first preference as Leader of Plaid Cymru. Personally speaking, Leanne is my first preference, Elin Jones my second, and Lord Elis-Thomas my third.
If I might, I'd like to take a minute or two to tell you why I believe that Leanne is the best choice of the candidates in this race to lead Plaid Cymru.
Leanne is a staunch nationalist, an unwavering republican and a socialist to the bones. But one could also say that of the other woman in this race, so what gives Leanne the edge? For me, what makes Leanne a fantastic candidate is her vision for Wales, the freshness of her campaign, and how exciting a prospect it is to have her as Plaid Cymru's leader.
Masses of experience are not on Leanne's side - at least, not as a Government Minister or a statesman. But despite that, Leanne has managed to inspire people all across Wales more than either of the other campaigns. Some have said that Leanne is too radical or too left-wing to unite the party. But to those people let me ask: are you as excited by the other campaigns as you are with Leanne's? It's a lively campaign, full of new ideas, and I have no doubt that Leanne will be a lively Leader, one who is full of ideas.
Her Greenprint for the Valleys is the basis for Plaid Cymru's local election manifesto this year, and as many - including former Party President and the Welsh legend Dafydd Iwan - have noted, her politics goes back to Plaid Cymru's core, original politics. It's a politics of community and cooperation. But what's special about her campaign is that it combines that element of standing by Plaid Cymru's key principles and indeed its roots, but it is also a modern campaign and a symbol of a woman who will move our party forward and create it as a natural political home for people all across Wales - from our heartlands in the north and the west, to the north-east, and her native industrial south.
Leanne will be an excellent leader of Plaid Cymru and so, I encourage you all to place her as your first preference on your ballot papers. For more information on her campaign, go to her website.
- CERITH RHYS JONES
National Chair of CymruX
P.S. Although it is official CymruX policy to support Leanne, please note that my opinion as portrayed above is my own.
If I might, I'd like to take a minute or two to tell you why I believe that Leanne is the best choice of the candidates in this race to lead Plaid Cymru.
Leanne is a staunch nationalist, an unwavering republican and a socialist to the bones. But one could also say that of the other woman in this race, so what gives Leanne the edge? For me, what makes Leanne a fantastic candidate is her vision for Wales, the freshness of her campaign, and how exciting a prospect it is to have her as Plaid Cymru's leader.
Masses of experience are not on Leanne's side - at least, not as a Government Minister or a statesman. But despite that, Leanne has managed to inspire people all across Wales more than either of the other campaigns. Some have said that Leanne is too radical or too left-wing to unite the party. But to those people let me ask: are you as excited by the other campaigns as you are with Leanne's? It's a lively campaign, full of new ideas, and I have no doubt that Leanne will be a lively Leader, one who is full of ideas.
Her Greenprint for the Valleys is the basis for Plaid Cymru's local election manifesto this year, and as many - including former Party President and the Welsh legend Dafydd Iwan - have noted, her politics goes back to Plaid Cymru's core, original politics. It's a politics of community and cooperation. But what's special about her campaign is that it combines that element of standing by Plaid Cymru's key principles and indeed its roots, but it is also a modern campaign and a symbol of a woman who will move our party forward and create it as a natural political home for people all across Wales - from our heartlands in the north and the west, to the north-east, and her native industrial south.
Leanne will be an excellent leader of Plaid Cymru and so, I encourage you all to place her as your first preference on your ballot papers. For more information on her campaign, go to her website.
- CERITH RHYS JONES
National Chair of CymruX
P.S. Although it is official CymruX policy to support Leanne, please note that my opinion as portrayed above is my own.
Cadeirydd CymruX: Pam 'dw i'n cefnogi Leanne
Fe gyrhaeddodd fy mhapur pleidleisio Plaid Cymru'r bore 'ma a 'dw i'n falch iawn o allu dweud fod pawb yn fy nhŷ i wedi gosod Leanne Wood fel eu dewis cyntaf ar gyfer Arweinydd y Blaid. Yn bersonol, Leanne yw fy newis cyntaf, Elin Jones fy ail ddewis, a'r Arglwydd Elis-Thomas yn drydydd.
'Dw i am gymryd munud neu ddwy i ddweud wrthych chi pam 'dw i'n credu mai Leanne yw'r dewis gorau allan o'r tri sydd yn y ras hwn, os ga'i.
Y mae Leanne yn genedlaetholwraig i'r carn, yn weriniaethwraig gref ac yn sosialydd ddiamod. Ond mae modd dweud yr holl bethau hyn am y fenyw arall yn y ras hefyd, felly beth sy'n rhoi mantais i Leanne dros yr ymgeisyddion eraill? Imi, yr hyn sy'n gwneud Leanne yn ymgeisydd ffantastig yw ei gweledigaeth i Gymru, ffresni'i hymgyrch hi, a pha mor cyffrous o beth yw'r rhagolwg o'i chael hi'n arweinydd ar Blaid Cymru.
Nid oes profiad helaeth ar ochr Leanne - o leia, nid profiad fel Gweinidog yn y Llywodraeth neu fel gwladweinydd uchel ei fri. Ond eto, y mae ymgyrch Leanne wedi llwyddo i ysbrydoli pobl ledled Cymru'n fwy na'r ymgyrchoedd eraill. Mae 'na rhai sydd wedi dweud bod Leanne yn rhy radical neu'n rhy dryw wrth adain chwith y Blaid i allu ei huno. Ond wrth y bobl hynny, mae'n rhaid imi ofyn - ydych chi'n cael eich cyffroi cymaint gan yr ymgyrchoedd eraill ag ydych chi gan ymgyrch Leanne? Ymgyrch fywiog, llawn syniadau ydyw, a does dim amau mai arweinydd bywiog, llawn syniadau fydd hi.
Y mae ei Chynllun Gwyrdd i'r Cymoedd hi'n sylfaen ar gyfer maniffesto etholiadau lleol y Blaid eleni ac fel mae nifer - gan gynnwys cyn-Lywydd y Blaid a'r arwr Cymraeg, Dafydd Iwan - wedi nodi, y mae ei gwleidyddiaeth hi'n mynd yn ôl at graidd gwleidyddiaeth Plaid Cymru. Mae'n wleidyddiaeth o gymuned ac o gyd-weithredu. Ond yr hyn sy'n arbennig - sy'n sbesial - am ei hymgyrch hi, yw ei bod yn cyfuno'r elfen honno o fod yn dryw wrth egwyddorion a gwreiddiau ein Plaid ni, ond y mae hefyd yn ymgyrch fodern ac yn symbol o fenyw y bydd yn symud ein Plaid ymlaen ac yn ei chreu hi'n gartref gwleidyddol naturiol i bobl o bob cwr o Gymru - o'n cadarnleoedd yn y gogledd a'r gorllewin, at y gogledd-ddwyrain, a'i deheubarth diwydiannol brodorol.
Mi fydd Leanne yn arweinydd gwych ar Blaid Cymru ac felly, dwi'n eich hannog chi oll i'w gosod hi'n ddewis cyntaf ar eich papurau pleidleisio. Am fwy o wybodaeth am ymgyrch Leanne, ewch i'w gwefan.
- CERITH RHYS JONES
Cadeirydd Cenedlaethol CymruX
O.N. Er mai polisi swyddogol CymruX yw i gefnogi Leanne Wood, noder mai fy marn i yw'r hyn y sydd uchod.
'Dw i am gymryd munud neu ddwy i ddweud wrthych chi pam 'dw i'n credu mai Leanne yw'r dewis gorau allan o'r tri sydd yn y ras hwn, os ga'i.
Y mae Leanne yn genedlaetholwraig i'r carn, yn weriniaethwraig gref ac yn sosialydd ddiamod. Ond mae modd dweud yr holl bethau hyn am y fenyw arall yn y ras hefyd, felly beth sy'n rhoi mantais i Leanne dros yr ymgeisyddion eraill? Imi, yr hyn sy'n gwneud Leanne yn ymgeisydd ffantastig yw ei gweledigaeth i Gymru, ffresni'i hymgyrch hi, a pha mor cyffrous o beth yw'r rhagolwg o'i chael hi'n arweinydd ar Blaid Cymru.
Nid oes profiad helaeth ar ochr Leanne - o leia, nid profiad fel Gweinidog yn y Llywodraeth neu fel gwladweinydd uchel ei fri. Ond eto, y mae ymgyrch Leanne wedi llwyddo i ysbrydoli pobl ledled Cymru'n fwy na'r ymgyrchoedd eraill. Mae 'na rhai sydd wedi dweud bod Leanne yn rhy radical neu'n rhy dryw wrth adain chwith y Blaid i allu ei huno. Ond wrth y bobl hynny, mae'n rhaid imi ofyn - ydych chi'n cael eich cyffroi cymaint gan yr ymgyrchoedd eraill ag ydych chi gan ymgyrch Leanne? Ymgyrch fywiog, llawn syniadau ydyw, a does dim amau mai arweinydd bywiog, llawn syniadau fydd hi.
Y mae ei Chynllun Gwyrdd i'r Cymoedd hi'n sylfaen ar gyfer maniffesto etholiadau lleol y Blaid eleni ac fel mae nifer - gan gynnwys cyn-Lywydd y Blaid a'r arwr Cymraeg, Dafydd Iwan - wedi nodi, y mae ei gwleidyddiaeth hi'n mynd yn ôl at graidd gwleidyddiaeth Plaid Cymru. Mae'n wleidyddiaeth o gymuned ac o gyd-weithredu. Ond yr hyn sy'n arbennig - sy'n sbesial - am ei hymgyrch hi, yw ei bod yn cyfuno'r elfen honno o fod yn dryw wrth egwyddorion a gwreiddiau ein Plaid ni, ond y mae hefyd yn ymgyrch fodern ac yn symbol o fenyw y bydd yn symud ein Plaid ymlaen ac yn ei chreu hi'n gartref gwleidyddol naturiol i bobl o bob cwr o Gymru - o'n cadarnleoedd yn y gogledd a'r gorllewin, at y gogledd-ddwyrain, a'i deheubarth diwydiannol brodorol.
Mi fydd Leanne yn arweinydd gwych ar Blaid Cymru ac felly, dwi'n eich hannog chi oll i'w gosod hi'n ddewis cyntaf ar eich papurau pleidleisio. Am fwy o wybodaeth am ymgyrch Leanne, ewch i'w gwefan.
- CERITH RHYS JONES
Cadeirydd Cenedlaethol CymruX
O.N. Er mai polisi swyddogol CymruX yw i gefnogi Leanne Wood, noder mai fy marn i yw'r hyn y sydd uchod.
Friday, 24 February 2012
Cefnogi / Supporting - Leanne Wood
Gyda phapurau pleidleisio Plaid Cymru newydd gael eu danfon at aelodau'r Blaid, mi fydd aelodau o Bwyllgor Gwaith newydd CymruX yn cymryd rhan mewn ymgyrch decstio'r penwythnos hwn, yn annog aelodau o Blaid Cymru i bleidleisio #1 dros Leanne Wood.
Os hoffech chi ymuno ag ymgyrch Leanne, ewch i'w gwefan, yma.
With the ballot papers in the Plaid Cymru leadership election now on their way to party members, members of CymruX's new National Executive Committee will be taking part in a texting campaign this weekend, encouraging Plaid Cymru members to vote #1 for Leanne Wood.
If you'd like to join Leanne, go to her website, here.
Cerith Rhys Jones
Cadeirydd Cenedlaethol / National Chair
Os hoffech chi ymuno ag ymgyrch Leanne, ewch i'w gwefan, yma.
With the ballot papers in the Plaid Cymru leadership election now on their way to party members, members of CymruX's new National Executive Committee will be taking part in a texting campaign this weekend, encouraging Plaid Cymru members to vote #1 for Leanne Wood.
If you'd like to join Leanne, go to her website, here.
Cerith Rhys Jones
Cadeirydd Cenedlaethol / National Chair
Saturday, 18 February 2012
Cyfarfod Cyffredinol Blynyddol / AGM
Cynhaliwyd Cyfarfod Cyffredinol Blynyddol CymruX yng Nghaerfyrddin heddiw ac mae'n bleser dweud y bu'n gyfarfod llwyddiannus iawn, gyda nifer yn fwy o wynebau na'r arfer. Cafwyd drafodaethau difyr ynghylch dyfodol y drefniadaeth yn ychwanegol at sesiwn hystings gyda Leanne Wood AC a Dafydd Elis-Thomas AC. Yn anffodus, nid oedd modd i Elin Jones AC fynychu'r cyfarfod o achos tostrwydd - dymunwn wellhad buan iddi.
Y mae hefyd yn bleser cyhoeddi y pasiwyd cynnig polisi a oedd yn cynnig fod CymruX yn cefnogi ymgyrch Leanne Wood i olynu Ieuan Wyn-Jones fel Arweinydd Plaid Cymru. Y mae Leanne wedi bod yn ffrind i'n trefniadaeth ers talwm a diolchwn iddi hi am ei chefnogaeth ar hyd y blynyddoedd.
Etholwyd y Pwyllgor Gwaith newydd ar gyfer y flwyddyn 2012-13:
Cadeirydd: Cerith Rhys Jones
Is-gadeirydd: Emyr Gruffydd
Ysgrifennydd: Charlotte Britton
Trysorydd: Gwenno George
Swyddog Polisi: Osian Lewis
Swyddog y Wasg: Glenn Page
Swyddog Di-bortffolio: William Thomas
Swyddog Di-bortffolio: Branwen Alaw Evans
Cynrychiolydd De Ddwyrain Cymru: Dan Lawrence
Cynrychiolydd De Orllewin Cymru: Glesni Morgan
Yr ydym oll yn frwdfrydig dros ail-greu CymruX fel trefniadaeth weithgar a phwysig sy'n rhoi llais gref i fyfyrwyr ac ieuenctid o fewn Plaid Cymru... mwy o fanylion i ddilyn!
Carem ddiolch Lleu Williams a'i Bwyllgor Gwaith 2011-12 ef am eu gwaith hwy a dymuno'n dda iddynt oll.
Our AGM was held in Carmarthen today, and it's a pleasure to be able to report that it was indeed a very successful meeting, with many more faces than usual. We had a range of interesting discussions about the future of our organisation, as well as an hustings session with Leanne Wood AM and Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM. Unfortunately, Elin Jones AM was not able to attend the meeting due to illness - we wish her a swift recovery.
It is also a pleasure to report that a policy motion was passed stating that CymruX supports Leanne Wood's campaign to succeed Ieuan Wyn Jones as Leader of Plaid Cymru. Leanne has long since been a friend of our organisation and we thank her for her support throughout the years.
The new National Executive Committee for the 2012-13 year was elected:
Chair: Cerith Rhys Jones
Vice-chair: Emyr Gruffydd
Secretary: Charlotte Britton
Treasurer: Gwenno George
Policy Officer: Osian Lewis
Press Officer: Glenn Page
Non-portfolio Officer: William Thomas
Non-portfolio Officer: Branwen Alaw Evans
South East Wales Representative: Dan Lawrence
South West Wales Representative: Glesni Morgan
We are all enthusiastic about recreating CymruX as an effective and important organisation which gives students and youth a strong voice within Plaid Cymru... more details to follow!
We wish to thank Lleu Williams and his 2011-12 NEC for their hard work and wish them all the very best.
Cerith Rhys Jones
Cadeirydd CymruX / CymruX Chair
Y mae hefyd yn bleser cyhoeddi y pasiwyd cynnig polisi a oedd yn cynnig fod CymruX yn cefnogi ymgyrch Leanne Wood i olynu Ieuan Wyn-Jones fel Arweinydd Plaid Cymru. Y mae Leanne wedi bod yn ffrind i'n trefniadaeth ers talwm a diolchwn iddi hi am ei chefnogaeth ar hyd y blynyddoedd.
Etholwyd y Pwyllgor Gwaith newydd ar gyfer y flwyddyn 2012-13:
Cadeirydd: Cerith Rhys Jones
Is-gadeirydd: Emyr Gruffydd
Ysgrifennydd: Charlotte Britton
Trysorydd: Gwenno George
Swyddog Polisi: Osian Lewis
Swyddog y Wasg: Glenn Page
Swyddog Di-bortffolio: William Thomas
Swyddog Di-bortffolio: Branwen Alaw Evans
Cynrychiolydd De Ddwyrain Cymru: Dan Lawrence
Cynrychiolydd De Orllewin Cymru: Glesni Morgan
Yr ydym oll yn frwdfrydig dros ail-greu CymruX fel trefniadaeth weithgar a phwysig sy'n rhoi llais gref i fyfyrwyr ac ieuenctid o fewn Plaid Cymru... mwy o fanylion i ddilyn!
Carem ddiolch Lleu Williams a'i Bwyllgor Gwaith 2011-12 ef am eu gwaith hwy a dymuno'n dda iddynt oll.
Our AGM was held in Carmarthen today, and it's a pleasure to be able to report that it was indeed a very successful meeting, with many more faces than usual. We had a range of interesting discussions about the future of our organisation, as well as an hustings session with Leanne Wood AM and Dafydd Elis-Thomas AM. Unfortunately, Elin Jones AM was not able to attend the meeting due to illness - we wish her a swift recovery.
It is also a pleasure to report that a policy motion was passed stating that CymruX supports Leanne Wood's campaign to succeed Ieuan Wyn Jones as Leader of Plaid Cymru. Leanne has long since been a friend of our organisation and we thank her for her support throughout the years.
The new National Executive Committee for the 2012-13 year was elected:
Chair: Cerith Rhys Jones
Vice-chair: Emyr Gruffydd
Secretary: Charlotte Britton
Treasurer: Gwenno George
Policy Officer: Osian Lewis
Press Officer: Glenn Page
Non-portfolio Officer: William Thomas
Non-portfolio Officer: Branwen Alaw Evans
South East Wales Representative: Dan Lawrence
South West Wales Representative: Glesni Morgan
We are all enthusiastic about recreating CymruX as an effective and important organisation which gives students and youth a strong voice within Plaid Cymru... more details to follow!
We wish to thank Lleu Williams and his 2011-12 NEC for their hard work and wish them all the very best.
Cerith Rhys Jones
Cadeirydd CymruX / CymruX Chair
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