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| Adam Price and Rhun ap Iorwerth bid for Plaid leader | Adam Price and Rhun ap Iorwerth bid for Plaid leader |
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| Adam Price and Rhun ap Iorwerth are to challenge Leanne Wood for the leadership of Plaid Cymru. | Adam Price and Rhun ap Iorwerth are to challenge Leanne Wood for the leadership of Plaid Cymru. |
| Leanne Wood, leader since 2012, said she welcomed a leadership contest and was very confident of winning. | Leanne Wood, leader since 2012, said she welcomed a leadership contest and was very confident of winning. |
| It means a leadership contest is now underway in all but one of the parties represented in the National Assembly. | It means a leadership contest is now underway in all but one of the parties represented in the National Assembly. |
| Both Mr Price and Mr ap Iorwerth announced their candidacy on Wednesday morning, triggering a contest in the party. | |
| There have been mounting calls within Plaid Cymru for a leadership challenge, with a window for potential candidates closing at midnight on Wednesday. | |
| Former MP Mr Price had said on Monday he would not challenge Ms Wood for the leadership if she agreed to share the job. | |
| But on Tuesday Ms Wood rejected the proposal and said it was a matter for the membership. | |
| He has been urged by his local constituency party - Carmarthen East and Dinefwr - to stand. | |
| Mr Price said his proposal "remains a practical and progressive way forward and it could have made a traditional contest avoidable". | |
| "However, media statements soon indicated the negotiations were being undermined," he said. | |
| "So we must park the proposal for the time being and revert to established procedure." | |
| He said: "But we cannot put off the irresistible call for defining change. | |
| "Change in the way we frame our politics; the projection of who we are, what we stand for, what we have fought long and hard for and what's ultimately important to us." |