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Plaid Cymru's Rhun ap Iorwerth hopes to be first minister on Tuesday
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- Adrian Browne Wales political reporter Getty Images.
- Leading the largest Cardiff Bay group, with 43 seats, ap Iorwerth needs to win a vote of Senedd members to be appointed, but Labour's interim Welsh leader, Ken Skates, has indicated it is unlikely to oppose him.
- Ap Iowerth told BBC Wales "certainly Tuesday is what we would prefer" but any delay "won't be much" and Plaid was keen to "hit the ground running".
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Adrian Browne Wales political reporter Getty Images. A celebration with new Plaid Cymru Senedd members turned into a bit of a rally on Saturday Rhun ap Iorwerth says he hopes to become the first Plaid Cymru first minister on Tuesday, after its Senedd election victory.
Leading the largest Cardiff Bay group, with 43 seats, ap Iorwerth needs to win a vote of Senedd members to be appointed, but Labour's interim Welsh leader, Ken Skates, has indicated it is unlikely to oppose him.
Ap Iowerth told BBC Wales "certainly Tuesday is what we would prefer" but any delay "won't be much" and Plaid was keen to "hit the ground running".
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