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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.
'Fresh start' 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 leader told the conference on Friday: ""We need a fresh start for Wales and inspire our people that things can be different on their doorsteps." 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.