The Five Demands

Il Segretario di Stato Owen Patterson ha scelto i nuovi commissari che dal 1 gennaio 2011 inizieranno il loro lavoro all’interno della Commissione Parate guidata dall’ex orangista Peter Osborne

Ecco i nomi dei commissari che costituiranno l’anima della nuova Commissione Parate già al lavoro dal 1 gennaio 2011, una commissione che segna un fallimento – almeno parziale – dell’Hillsborough Agreement siglato all’inizio del 2010.
Si tratta del Reverendo Brian Kennaway, Douglas Bain, Delia Close, Dott.sa Catriona King, Frances Nolan e Robin Percival. Alla loro guida Peter Osborne, ex orangista di prim’ordine ad aver avuto un contenzioso con la dirigenza dell’Ordine di Orange.
Il Segretario di Stato Owen Paterson, presentando la squadra di commissari, ha dichiarato: “Sono sicuro che questi nuovi commissari continueranno a lavorare con le comunità locali per garantire il non ripetersi della violenza che si è verificato in occasione di alcune parate nel corso dell’ultima estate”.
Gerry Adams, mette subito le mani avanti restando fedele alla sua politica, invitando la nuova commissione a non ripetere “gli errori” della Commissione precedente.
“L’ultima Commissione ha formulato una serie di decisioni molto negative che hanno aggiunto in modo significativo tensione intorno alla stagione delle marce”.
“La nuova Commissione deve garantire il non ripetersi di questi errori”.
“E’ anche necessario  concordare una risoluzione strategica a lungo termine, per far fronte ai restanti contenziosi sulle parate”.
Il leader dello Sinn Fein ha rilasciato i suoi commenti, poco prima dei colloqui tra North e West Belfast Parades e il Cultural Forum, resisi necessari dopo i violentissimi scontri occorsi lo scorso 12 luglio all’interfaccia di Ardoyne in occasione della Twelth Parade 2010.

New Parades Commission appointed (UTV)
A former senior Orangeman – who had a dispute with the leadership of the Orange Order – has been appointed to the Parades Commission, the Northern Ireland Office has confirmed.
The Reverend Brian Kennaway will take up his post along with Douglas Bain, Delia Close, Dr Catriona King, Frances Nolan and Robin Percival
Secretary of State Owen Paterson has also announced that Peter Osborne will be the chairman of the organisation.
All of those appointed will take up their posts on 1 January.
In a statement, Mr Paterson said: “I am sure these new Commissioners will continue to work with local communities to ensure we do not see a repeat of the violence which occurred at a small number of parades during the summer past.”
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams has called on the new commission not to repeat “the mistakes” of the previous commission.
“The last Commission made a number of very bad decisions which added significantly to the tension around the marching season”, he said.
“The new Commission needs to ensure that it does not repeat these mistakes.
“It also needs to agree a long term strategic resolution to dealing with the few remaining contentious parades,” he added.
Mr Adams was speaking before a meeting with a loyalist parades group in a bid to resolve issues surrounding a contentious Twelfth of July march through Ardoyne.
Talks with members of the North and West Belfast Parades and Cultural Forum were prompted after three days of rioting at the north Belfast flashpoint.
The Parades Commission is to stay in place for another year, after legislation to replace the body was put on hold.
The DUP has blamed the UUP for the re-appointment of the disputed body.
“Whilst the DUP was working to find a way forward, the UUP was found trying to score cheap headlines”, said DUP Upper Bann MLA Stephen Moutray.
“Responsible political leadership means doing more than cynical point-scoring: something the UUP has clearly yet to learn. They fought to keep the Parades Commission and the appointment of another Parades Commission is the fruit of their campaign,” Mr Moutray added.
UUP leader Tom Elliott said: “Stephen Moutray flatters us by suggesting we have caused the draft parades Bill to indefinitely stall. He knows as well as anybody else that this was a deeply flawed document which was resoundly rejected by a cross section of our society, from the Human Rights Commission to vintage car organisations.”

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