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21/04/2015
DUP Hits Out At Decision To Ban Playing Music At Parade
The DUP has slammed the Parades Commission decision to ban the playing of music during part of Sunday's parade to the City of Belfast Loyal Orange Widows Fund Service.
The Parades Commission decision restricts bands to a single drumbeat only from the junction of Carrick Hill and 18 Clifton Street to the junction of Union Street and Donegall Street.
North Belfast DUP MLA William Humphrey said the Parades Commission has made an illogical and draconian restriction on a loyal order parade along the arterial route.
He said: "We have repeatedly pointed out that the playing of hymns, as is customary for Sunday parades, is much preferable to the tension generated by the relative silence of a prolonged single drumbeat.
"The Parades Commission should be seeking a normality of permitting parades without unnecessary restrictions, rather than needlessly imposing bans at the behest of those who cannot tolerate any loyal order parade to pass along this arterial route without protesting against it."
(CD/MH)
The Parades Commission decision restricts bands to a single drumbeat only from the junction of Carrick Hill and 18 Clifton Street to the junction of Union Street and Donegall Street.
North Belfast DUP MLA William Humphrey said the Parades Commission has made an illogical and draconian restriction on a loyal order parade along the arterial route.
He said: "We have repeatedly pointed out that the playing of hymns, as is customary for Sunday parades, is much preferable to the tension generated by the relative silence of a prolonged single drumbeat.
"The Parades Commission should be seeking a normality of permitting parades without unnecessary restrictions, rather than needlessly imposing bans at the behest of those who cannot tolerate any loyal order parade to pass along this arterial route without protesting against it."
(CD/MH)
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