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First meeting of assembly leaders | First meeting of assembly leaders |
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First Minister Rhodri Morgan and his new deputy Ieuan Wyn Jones are holding talks on the future make-up of the assembly government. | |
The leaders of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru had been due to talk last week to shape the new assembly government. | The leaders of Welsh Labour and Plaid Cymru had been due to talk last week to shape the new assembly government. |
But the meeting was postponed when Mr Morgan was taken to hospital where he had artery surgery. | |
They are are expected to decide who will be in the new Labour-Plaid Cymru coalition cabinet. | |
There is speculation that Plaid will have at least three ministerial posts. | |
But even if Mr Morgan and Mr Jones agree a new cabinet, there may not be an immediate announcement as nominees must be approved by the Queen. | But even if Mr Morgan and Mr Jones agree a new cabinet, there may not be an immediate announcement as nominees must be approved by the Queen. |
The parties, who have traditionally been bitter enemies, had agreed a groundbreaking coalition deal on 6 and 7 July. | The parties, who have traditionally been bitter enemies, had agreed a groundbreaking coalition deal on 6 and 7 July. |
But within hours, Mr Morgan, 67, had to undergo a surgical procedure at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. | But within hours, Mr Morgan, 67, had to undergo a surgical procedure at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff. |
Face-to-face | Face-to-face |
Although the final look of the new assembly government has yet to be decided, the Plaid leader has, in the meantime, been confirmed as deputy first minister, a role which was set out in the agreement between the two parties. | Although the final look of the new assembly government has yet to be decided, the Plaid leader has, in the meantime, been confirmed as deputy first minister, a role which was set out in the agreement between the two parties. |
Tuesday's meeting in Cardiff Bay will be their first face-to-face since Mr Jones took the first national government post in Plaid's 82-year history last Wednesday. | Tuesday's meeting in Cardiff Bay will be their first face-to-face since Mr Jones took the first national government post in Plaid's 82-year history last Wednesday. |
The day after, the Plaid leader immediately left for Belgium to represent Mr Morgan at the 90th anniversary commemoration of the World War I battle of Passchendaele. And on Monday, Mr Jones also represented the Welsh Assembly Government at the British-Irish Council in Belfast. | |
That conference was the first time Prime Minister Gordon Brown met the new leaders of the UK's devolved governments since he took on his new job. | That conference was the first time Prime Minister Gordon Brown met the new leaders of the UK's devolved governments since he took on his new job. |