Parades Commission Diktat requires bigger crowd than ever in Rasharkin
14 August 2012
Statement by TUV Leader and North Antrim MLA Jim Allister:-
“The Parades Commission’s decision to restrict Friday night’s Ballymaconnolly parade in Rasharkin to 25 bands is yet another deliberate attempt by the perverse Commission to humiliate the Protestant community in Rasharkin.
“There is no possible justification for this gratuitous act. Last year 40 bands successfully processed within the allotted time. The same can be done this year, but out of vindictive venom the Commission has imposed this diktat, as year on year it tightens the screw to advance the ultimate republican ambition of no Orange feet in Rasharkin. .
“If it is an attempt to reduce the numbers attending the parade, then I call on the public to give their answer by attending in greater numbers than ever before.”
