Thursday, May 04, 2006

After Delays, PM Announces Pick

After keeping the nation in suspense for two whole days, Prime Minister Llewelyn stood up in the House and announced his decision for the Region's UN Delegate.

On Tuesday, Geraint Llewelyn had declined to answer Opposition calls for him to name the Lloegr-Cymru vote. He told the House then that no decision had been taken and that Cabinet had yet to sift and weigh the choices. This caused the Opposition benches to erupt in calls that the Prime Minister was "indecisive." On Wednesday, Mary Gryffydd stated she could not reveal the name, because no decision had been taken. However, she denied the Cabinet was divided and further denied the Prime Minister was indecisive. She told the House that, "this was a very important decision and the whole Cabinet is considering very carefully. But I categorically deny the Cabinet is divided into camps. We have had nothing more than a frank airing of diverse views."

However, those familiar with the Prime Minister indicated he called his Cabinet colleagues earlier today to indicate he had arrived at a decision. Then shortly after two in the afternoon he told the House he and the Cabinet had picked Ceorana. He declined to explain the decision. But the Leader of the Opposition, Greg Michael Williams reminded the House that the PM was to visit Ceorana tomorrow. But the PM denied the implication of impropriety, and stated that he has every intention of also visiting Groot Gouda.

A confidential source in the Cabinet Office told the Draig and Telegraph that the PM's decision was based on the sovereignty stance of Ceorana, and the fact that the Groot Gouda government had held the position before.

Pro-Groot Gouda organisers have stated they plan protests tomorrow.