The Five Demands

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• Police Claim UVF Organised Belfast Riot (news.sky.com)
• The Beast In The East (ansionnachfionn.wordpress.com)
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• Police blame UVF for Belfast riots (mirror.co.uk)
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UVF jail call after riots (UTV)
A call has been made for active members of the UVF – released from prison early under the Good Friday Agreement – to be sent back behind bars, in the wake of riots in east Belfast.
Chairman of the Police Federation, Terry Spence, has called for action to be taken by the Secretary of State against the proscribed organisation.
“We cannot tolerate paramilitary groups creating public havoc because they think they have no voice in how Northern Ireland is governed,” he said.
“They have exactly the same access to the ballot box and opportunity to stand for election as the rest of us.”
While dissident republicans have been blamed for shooting a press photographer during two nights of serious violence in the lower Newtownards Road and Short Strand areas last week, the UVF has been blamed for starting the trouble.
PSNI Chief Constable Matt Baggott says there is a case for revoking licences – if evidence can be brought before the courts.
“It’s very important that, when we can, we apportion responsibility,” he said. “But when it comes to specific issues of removing licences, that’s a matter of facts and that report has to be submitted to the Secretary of State.
“The rioting was serious, and if people were responsible for that and there are facts that can be brought before the courts, then that will have my full support.”
Investigations into the riots and efforts to identify those involved are ongoing.