Welh Language Society's 1st online petition launched
Hedd Gwynfor | 16.09.2006 01:22 | Social Struggles | World
Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg have launched their first ever online petition; the bilingual petition calls for a New Welsh Language Act: www.deddfiaith.org - www.welshlanguageact.org
The petition calls on the Welsh Assembly Government to ensure a New Welsh Language Act that will provide official status and a Commissioner for the language, along with basic rights that will give everyone in Wales fair and real opportunities to learn Welsh, receive a Welsh-medium education and be enabled to use the language in every aspect of life.
Cymdeithas has been collecting names on paper petitions for the last few months, and the society will continue to collect names both online and on paper until early November when a lobby will be held at the National Assembly in Cardiff Bay.
The campaign took a significant step forward during the National Eisteddfod when Adam Price MP from Plaid Cymru, Eleanor Burnham AM from the Liberal Democrats and Lisa Francis from the Conservatives spoke in favour of strengthening the existing legislation in a public meeting on the Eisteddfod field.
Cymdeithas has been collecting names on paper petitions for the last few months, and the society will continue to collect names both online and on paper until early November when a lobby will be held at the National Assembly in Cardiff Bay.
The campaign took a significant step forward during the National Eisteddfod when Adam Price MP from Plaid Cymru, Eleanor Burnham AM from the Liberal Democrats and Lisa Francis from the Conservatives spoke in favour of strengthening the existing legislation in a public meeting on the Eisteddfod field.
Hedd Gwynfor
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http://www.welshlanguageact.org/
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