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Message of support for Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales before the European election tomorrow (22 May 2014).

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Neges o gefnogaeth i Blaid Cymru cyn yr etholiad Ewropeaidd yfory (22 Mai 2014)

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Mae 'da chi lais - defnyddiwch e

Mae’n fy ngwylltio i fod cynifer o bobl yn trin yr etholiad Ewropeaidd sy’n digwydd yr wythnos hon fel refferendwm ar aelodaeth y Deyrnas Gyfunol o’r Undeb Ewropeaidd. Mae statws y DG fel Aelod-Wladwriaeth yr UE yn fater am sgwrs arall ac oes, mae yna lu o bethau i’w trafod ynghylch yr UE ac unrhyw refferendwm y’i gynhelir ar aelodaeth y DG ohono.

Ond, nid yr wythnos hon y cynhelir y refferendwm hwnnw. Yr hyn sy’n digwydd ar draws 28 Aelod-Wladwriaeth yr UE yr wythnos hon yw etholiad i benderfynu pwy sy’n cynrychioli pobloedd Ewrop yn Senedd Ewrop. Yr hyn sy’n digwydd yng Nghymru yr wythnos hon yw etholiad i benderfynu pwy fydd y pedwar person i gynrychioli Cymru yn Ewrop rhwng eleni a 2019.

Fe weles i lun a rannodd David Cameron ar Facebook yn gynharach. Yn y statws wrth ochr y llun, soniodd mai dim ond y Ceidwadwyr sy’n dymuno ac sy’n gallu rhoi refferendwm ar aelodaeth y DG o’r UE. Wel, fel rwy’ eisoes wedi dweud, nid Etholiad Cyffredinol sy’n digwydd yr wythnos hon. Dewch inni fod yn glir: ni fydd Aelodau Senedd Ewrop o’r Blaid Geidwadol yn gallu rhoi refferendwm i unrhyw un ar unrhyw beth. Ni fydd unrhyw un ar unrhyw bapur pleidleisio yr wythnos hon yn gallu rhoi refferendwm ar aelodaeth y DG o’r UE.

Yr hyn y mae gofyn inni ei wneud yr wythnos hon yw penderfynu pa lais ry’n ni am i’n cynrychioli ni yn Ewrop. A ydyn ni yng Nghymru am gael ein cynrychioli gan rywun sydd eisoes wedi ennill ei phlwyf fel cynrychiolydd cenedlaethol sy’n gweithio’n ddiflino yn Ewrop? Y ydyn ni am gael llais sydd bob amser yn dodi buddiannau ac anghenion ni a’n pobl ni’n gyntaf? A ydyn ni am gael llais sy’n gwrthod ac yn gwrthwynebu rhethreg adain dde, gul? Os felly, nid y Blaid Geidwadol sydd angen pleidleisio drosti, eithr Jill Evans ASE a Phlaid Cymru.

Rwy’n gofyn, felly, wrthoch chi bobl nad ydych wedi penderfynu pwy fyddwch chi’n pleidleisio drostyn nhw ddydd Iau eto, i feddwl yn garcus am ba fath o lais ry’ch chi am i Gymru gael yn Ewrop, ac i bleidleisio dros Blaid Cymru. Ond pa beth bynnag y gwnewch chi, da chi pleidleisiwch. Po lleiaf y nifer o bobl sy’n pleidleisio, po fwyaf y siawns y bydd rhethreg ffiaidd Ukip a’i thebyg yn profi llwyddiant.

Mae ‘da chi lais. Er mwyn dyn, defnyddiwch e.

You have a voice - use it

It infuriates me that so many people are treating this week’s European election as a referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union. The UK’s status as a Member-State of the EU is a discussion for another day and yes, there’s lots to talk about in terms of the EU and any referendum that might be held on the UK’s membership of it.

But, that referendum isn’t this week. What’s happening across the EU’s 28 Member-States this week is an election to decide who will represent the peoples of Europe in the European Parliament. What’s happening in Wales this week is an election to decide who will be the four people that will represent Wales in Europe between this year and 2019.

I saw a photo that David Cameron shared on Facebook earlier. In the status alongside the photo, he said that only the Conservatives want to and can deliver a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. Well, as I’ve already said, this week isn’t a General Election. Let’s be clear: Conservative Members of the European Parliament will not be able to give anyone a referendum on anything. No one on any ballot paper this week will be able to deliver a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU.

What we’re asked to do this week is to decide what sort of voice we want to represent us in Europe. Do we in Wales want to be represented by someone who has long since established herself as a national representative who works tirelessly in Europe? Do we want a voice that always puts the needs and interests of us and our people first? Do we want a voice that rejects and opposes narrow-minded, right-wing rhetoric? If so, then we shouldn’t vote Conservative. We should vote for Jill Evans MEP and Plaid Cymru – The Party of Wales.

So I’m asking those of you who haven’t yet decided how you’ll be voting on Thursday to think carefully about what sort of voice you want for Wales in Europe, and to vote for the Party of Wales. But whatever you do, make sure that you do vote. The fewer people who vote, the higher the chance that the disgusting rhetoric of Ukip and its like will see success.

You have a voice. Please, please use it.