Elfyn Llwyd

Elfyn Llwyd ( born September 26, 1951 in Betws -y -Coed ) is a Welsh politician ( Plaid Cymru ). As an elected representative in the House of Commons of the British Parliament, he represented from 1992 to 2010 the Meirionnydd Nant Conwy constituency, since 2010 the newly created constituency Dwyfor Meirionnydd. Llwyd is Group Chairman of Plaid Cymru.

Llwyd was born in Betws -y -Coed ( Gwynedd ) and grew up in Llanrwst. He attended the University of Wales in Aberystwyth and Chester Law College.

Llwyd was working as a barrister before his election to Parliament. Between 1990 and 1991, was Llwyd president of Gwynedd Law Society. His main interests include domestic politics, transport and agriculture. As the biggest influence on his political thinking called Llwyd Saunders Lewis.

Campaign for the impeachment of Blair

In August 2004, Llwyd joined the campaign of Adam Price, the impeachment procedure ( impeachment ) for the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair, sought. The reason for this was the allegation of misleading the Parliament and an alleged secret agreement with the President of the United States, George W. Bush, to the fall of Saddam Hussein, among other allegations. Llwyd and Alex Salmond of the Scottish National Party were co-authors of thrust. In a questionnaire, the Guardian Llwyd declared that he considered his leading role in the debate over the illegality of the attack on Iraq for his " proudest moment". The push for impeachment was not dealt with in Parliament, since it was not signed by the members of the major parties; nevertheless Llwyd, Price, and others wanted to continue the campaign. With the resignation of Blair on 27 June 2007 but lost its importance.

Following the elections for the National Assembly for Wales in 2007 declared a Committee on Standards and Privileges of Parliament, that the Plaid Cymru MPs Llwyd, Adam Price and Hywel Williams had operated inappropriate advertising during the elections.

Funds of Parliament are available for members of Parliament to regularly communicate with their constituents. The committee, however, came to the conclusion that the three MPs this inappropriate means used as part of the campaign of Plaid Cymru during the elections, as the ads in publications were published that were available outside their respective districts.

Although the Committee acknowledged that the period no rules of the House of Commons were clearly broken by the three parliamentarians in terms, it was the view that advertising deliberately held simultaneously with the elections in the assembly.

Llwyd declared that they would comply with the decisions of the Committee, however, would have acted in good faith in accordance with the advice of the Department of Finance and Administration. The three had to pay back the money, each about 5,000 pounds sterling, and specify the cost as part of the election expenses of Plaid Cymru.