Orange Order avanza richiesta per marciare su Garvaghy Road
Orangemen make Drumcree application
Portadown Orangemen have submitted an application for their annual Drumcree parade next Sunday.
The Order had withheld from applying to the Parades Commission to march along the Garvaghy Road because of what it calls “a lack in progress” by the marching watchdog.
It also pointed to parades and demonstrations by republican groups where the Order claims no notification had been given to the Commission.
A statement issued on behalf of the Order stated: “We in Portadown District believe that either there is a law for everyone or there is no law.”
But, following a district meeting, the lodge completed the necessary 11/1 form and handed it to police at Drumcree Hill on Sunday morning.
“As Portadown District is an integral part of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, and we are a law abiding Institution, it was agreed by all present at our recent District meeting that under protest we would indeed comply with the current legislation regarding Parades,” the statement added.