 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1997, zvichitevera kusarudzwa kwehurumende yeBasa yakazvipira kugoverwa kweWales, imwe referendamurakanga rakundwa zvishoma, richigadza National Assembly yeWales. Plaid Cymru yakava chikwata chikuru chinopikisa bato revashandi riri kutonga, ine zvigaro gumi nezvisere kuvashandi makumi maviri nezvisere. Mukuita kudaro, kwakaratidzika kuva kwakaputsika kubva kumaruwa ayo anotaura chiWelsh, uye vakatora nzvimbo dzevashandi dzakasimba mumutauro weSouth Wales. 