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by Our News Desk
THE Welsh Communist Party called yesterday for the return of a “left and progressive majority” in the country’s National Assembly elections next year.
With opinion polls suggesting that voting in May 2016 might well produce a hung assembly, party secretary Trevor Jones declared that the best outcome for Wales would be the election of a Welsh Labour government or a Labour-Plaid Cymru coalition in Cardiff.
“The Welsh Communist Party will not contest any of the 40 constituency seats next year, despite calls from outside the party to do so,” Mr Jones told the Morning Star after the party’s national committee meeting in Pontypridd.
“But we will fight all five regional list sections and claim our full political broadcasting rights.”
The party, which is part of the Communist Party of Britain, welcomed the upsurge in support for the People’s Assembly in different parts of Wales since the general election.
“The fightback against cuts, privatisation, the bedroom tax and anti-trade union laws must be stepped up as Wales stays true to its left-wing traditions and plays its full role in the fight against this Tory government,” Mr Jones said.
The Welsh Communist Party national committee also urged support for moves within Welsh Labour-led local authorities to organise a mass lobby of the Westminster Parliament on July 8, when Chancellor George Osborne presents another “emergency Budget” to intensify his government’s attack on local public services.
