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| Plaid's 'biggest party' challenge | Plaid's 'biggest party' challenge |
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| The president of Plaid Cymru is to challenge his party to achieve the largest membership of any political party in Wales. | The president of Plaid Cymru is to challenge his party to achieve the largest membership of any political party in Wales. |
| Dafydd Iwan is expected to reveal his vision for more inclusive governance on the third day of the Plaid conference. | Dafydd Iwan is expected to reveal his vision for more inclusive governance on the third day of the Plaid conference. |
| He will outline a choice for the people of Wales at the assembly elections next year - between a Cardiff-centred Labour and Plaid's "Wales-wide vision". | He will outline a choice for the people of Wales at the assembly elections next year - between a Cardiff-centred Labour and Plaid's "Wales-wide vision". |
| On Friday, Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones said party needed to "inspire people". | On Friday, Plaid leader Ieuan Wyn Jones said party needed to "inspire people". |
| Mr Jones also told delegates that the "time had come" for the party to be in government. | Mr Jones also told delegates that the "time had come" for the party to be in government. |
| The conference is the last chance for members to gather en masse before the assembly elections next spring. | The conference is the last chance for members to gather en masse before the assembly elections next spring. |
| I think there's a feeling throughout Wales that we should have an assembly government that is relevant to the whole of Wales. Dafydd Wigley | |
| Mr Iwan is expected to attack the "rudderless assembly administration" that he will describe as being fixed on centralising power in Cardiff Bay. | Mr Iwan is expected to attack the "rudderless assembly administration" that he will describe as being fixed on centralising power in Cardiff Bay. |
| He will call on the party to offer an alternative government that seeks to empower local communities and take the politics back to the people. | He will call on the party to offer an alternative government that seeks to empower local communities and take the politics back to the people. |
| The Plaid president will tell delegates the test of whether they have succeeded will come at the assembly elections in 2007. | The Plaid president will tell delegates the test of whether they have succeeded will come at the assembly elections in 2007. |
| The party's honorary president Dafydd Wigley will also tell the conference that Plaid is a party for the whole of Wales. | |
| He told BBC Wales he would mainly be speaking about the development of jobs and boosting the country's economy. | |
| Raft of areas | |
| He said: "I think there's a feeling throughout Wales that we should have an assembly government that is relevant to the whole of Wales. | |
| "In this conference we've rolled out programmes in a whole raft of areas... but policies that are relevant to people in their communities, and that's what matters." | |
| Ieuan Wyn Jones told the Swansea conference on Friday: ""We need a fresh start for Wales and inspire our people that things can be different on their doorsteps." | |
| His 35-minute speech was in contrast to Plaid's troubles after the 2003 election when he resigned from the party's presidency after a poor assembly election. | His 35-minute speech was in contrast to Plaid's troubles after the 2003 election when he resigned from the party's presidency after a poor assembly election. |
| His address was followed by a five-minute ovation. | His address was followed by a five-minute ovation. |