Ian McLean (Rhondda) Abolish party leader, Richard Suchorzewski, said: “This is just the first in a number of candidate announcements to come from The Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party with more to follow shortly. It is our intention to stand candidates in all constituencies as well as the regional list. The more candidates we get elected, the sooner we can stop Wales from sleepwalking towards independence.” South Wales Central MS and Regional Organiser, Gareth Bennett, added: “I am delighted to announce our full slate of prospective constituency candidates for South Wales Central. They come from a wide range of backgrounds and walks of life, each prepared to give a voice to those people in Wales who believe in a United Kingdom and want to see the Welsh Assembly Abolished.
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image captionIt is the first time the Senedd s behavioural rules will ban online abuse
Online and verbal abuse by Senedd members are to be banned under proposed new Welsh Parliament rules.
The Senedd s standards committee is seeking views on a rewritten code of conduct.
Disciplinary cases involving social media have been dealt with before but under different rules.
Committee chairwoman Jayne Bryant said: We ve got to do all we can to improve the tone of debate and set a standard that encourages trust in politicians.
Other provisions of the new code, going out to consultation, will require members to uphold the criminal law .
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image captionNeil McEvoy sits as leader of his new Welsh Nation Party after being expelled from Plaid Cymru
A Labour politician has said he feared being assaulted by a fellow Member of the Senedd (MS) after an incident in the Welsh Parliament last year.
On Wednesday night the body voted to ban Neil McEvoy from the Senedd until 21 January after a committee found he had been physically aggressive towards Labour s Mick Antoniw.
The decision means Mr McEvoy will have his salary cut.
Mr McEvoy claimed he was being punished for something that was not true.
But the Pontypridd MS said he was worried he could be accosted or assaulted by Mr McEvoy for months after the incident.