Llanelli Town Councillors express bitter disappointment over Council Leader’s ‘false’ allegations on Facebook

Plaid and Independent Councillors for Llanelli Town Council have expressed bitter disappointment over comments made by the Council Leader on Facebook, saying he was ‘disgusted’ over the councillors in question allegedly voting against supporting Prince Philip Hospital. In a joint statement, Plaid and Independent Councillors addressed this in full:

“As members of Llanelli Town Council, we are bitterly disappointed by the Facebook post made by Councillor David Darkin, the Labour leader of the Town Council which makes false allegations of how we voted at a meeting of the Town Council on Wednesday 2nd October.

In the comments, Cllr David Darkin later amends the post.

“A Motion was put forward by Independent / Plaid Town Councillors which included writing to Hywel Dda to formally request for their executives to attend a meeting to discuss their shocking plans for our hospital Minor Injuries Unit (MIU). The motion also reiterated our full support for the SOSPPAN campaign to keep the MIU open 24/7.

“All Independent and Plaid Councillors voted to protect the Minor Injuries Unit and called on the Welsh Government and its Health Secretary to intervene and stop Hywel Dda. We have also signed the SOSPPAN community petition.

“Councillor Darkin wanted to remove our call on Welsh Government to intervene and stop Hywel Dda. We voted against this as Welsh Government can put a stop to these plans if they wanted to. Our Town has already lost its A&E. We simply cannot afford to lose anymore of our health services.

“We believe the inaccurate, misleading, and defamatory statement made by the Council Leader has potentially breached the Councillors code of conduct at a time when we all need to be united in calling for Welsh Government to save our MIU.”


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