Council's anti Welsh policies stop Welsh speakers from applying for the post of Director of Education

Cymdeithas yr Iaith have responded to Coun Martin Morris's (Deputy Leader, Carmarthenshire County Council in a Press Release Today) attack on Welsh language groups who are jeopardising the Council's plans to get the best person for the job of implementing their 'ambitious plans for education' by saying that it is the Council's own anti-Welsh policies which make Welsh-speakers think twice before applying for the post of Director of Education.

Ffred Ffransis (Cymdeithas yr Iaith's Education Spokesperson) said:

"Their so-called ambitious plans for education involve closing up to 40 Welsh-medium village schools and vandalising these communities. This obviously makes competent Welsh-speakers think twice before applying for the post of Director of Education. The post of Public Executioner is not usually the easiest to fill."

"Neither is there any split as suggested between the Welsh and English language. Council officers are required to administer almost entirely in English."

"Council leaders seem to have a deep-seated inferiority complex believing that we have to import the 'best person for the job' from outside. This is a massive insult to a nation which is proud of it's education."