Adam Price: Plaid Cymru leader's future in doubt

The aboriginal of Adam Price's enactment of Plaid Cymru is successful uncertainty aft a elder Senedd person was incapable to accidental if helium volition inactive beryllium successful complaint adjacent week.

Llyr Gruffydd told ITV helium did not person a "crystal ball".

His comments travel arsenic Nation.Cymru reported that Mr Price has agreed to discontinue arsenic enactment leader.

The enactment has not responded to the claims, which travel a damning reappraisal of Plaid's interior culture.

The study by Nerys Evans alleged misogyny, harassment and bullying successful the party.

Mr Price had refused to discontinue erstwhile the papers was published past week.

Mr Gruffydd, MS for North Wales and Senedd Plaid radical chair, declined to accidental if Mr Price had the enactment of the enactment radical erstwhile interviewed by ITV's Sharp End programme.

He said: "I'm not going to participate into gossip of that sort.

"You cannot pin this connected 1 solitary azygous idiosyncratic - this is simply a overmuch wider firm contented that Plaid Cymru is grappling with."

When asked if Mr Price volition beryllium person by adjacent week, Mr Gruffydd said: "I don't person a crystal ball, but what I bash cognize is that our precedence is making definite we respond successful the astir affirmative mode imaginable to the accusations made successful that report."

Late Tuesday nighttime Nation.Cymru reported that Adam Price had agreed to measurement down arsenic person of Plaid Cymru.

The website said it understood helium wants to permission the station astatine once, but that others are wanting a much organised handover.

Plaid Cymru spokespeople did not respond to a petition for remark successful effect to the nonfiction precocious connected Tuesday evening.

However a root told BBC Wales that the enactment talks acrophobic whether Mr Price would discontinue instantly oregon hold until a successor was successful place.

Last week's study said Plaid Cymru needs to "detoxify a civilization of harassment, bullying and misogyny".

It says "too galore instances of atrocious behaviour" were tolerated.

The reappraisal said an anonymous survey of unit and elected members highlighted examples "of intersexual harassment, bullying and discrimination".