The Five Demands

50 manifestanti repubblicani hanno fatto irruzione durante un incontro del DPP a Derry

Non erano stati lasciati entrare perchè la sala era già piena. E’ stato allora che una cinquantina di repubblicani, dopo aver letto un comunicato esprimendo le loro frustrazioni, hanno deciso di forzare la porta ed entrare, scontrandosi senza conseguenze con la polizia e il personale dell’hotel Da Vinci, sede del meeting.
I repubblicani hanno poi iniziato a gridare slogan e a fischiare, nel tentativo di interropere la riunione che però era quasi giunta al termine della discussione dei punti all’ordine del giorno.
Elisha McLaughlin, a capo del District Policing Partnership e membro del Sinn Fein, ha dichiarato che non saranno queste azioni a fermare gli incontri pubblici, ma anzi “credo che la prossima riunione del DPP otterà la stessa affluenza di rappresentanti della comunità  e ‘queste persone’ (dissidenti) sapranno che la gente di questa area vuole ed ha bisogno di questi incontri “.
Nessun arresto è seguito all’azione di questa mattina.

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Angry scenes at Derry DPP meeting (U TV)
Up to 50 dissident Republican protestors forced their way into a public meeting of the District Policing Partnership in Derry on Wednesday morning.
The protestors had been denied access to the meeting which was held in the city’s Da Vinci’s Hotel, as the room was already filled.
But after reading a statement voicing their frustrations, the protestors decided to force their way in.
Minor scuffles broke out between the group, police and hotel staff as the protestors forced open a door, disrupting the meeting.
Once in, protestors chanted slogans and blew whistles, keeping up a barrage of noise in an attempt to have the meeting abandoned.
However, the meeting had begun early and the agenda was concluded shortly after the protestors broke in.
The Chair of the DPP, Sinn Fein Councillor Elisha McLaughlin, told UTV the protestors will not prevent future public meetings from taking place
“These people are allowed to protest in a peaceful manner but it seems as if they are not capable of doing so. I believe that the next DPP meeting will have the same volume of community representatives and constituents of this area and then these people will know that the people of this area want and need these meetings.”
In July a similar DPP meeting was called off in the city when hard-liners stormed a hall shouting republican slogans, letting off stink bombs and sounding horns.
Last month, the start of a Limavady DPP meeting in Dungiven had to be delayed after another dissident protest.
On Wednesday, the protestors dispersed once the meeting ended and no arrests were made.