Next month a total of seventeen marches are due to take place in the Newry area over a four day period on the 9th, 11th, 12th and 13th July.
Numerous bands will effectively bring Nationalist Newry to a standstill in order to indulge in these acts of sectarian supremacy, on some occasions marches take place twice per day.
These are clearly coat-trailing exercises and the number planned to take place much call into question the whole rationale behind them.
Slamming the upcoming hatefest Saoradh’s Newry representative Stephen Murney said “Year in and year out the decent people of Newry are subjected to numerous sectarian marches.
“Such unwanted parades aren’t limited to July but take place throughout the entire year.”
Murney continued “These upcoming parades include outward routes and return legs which actually turn one parade into two separate marches taking place at different times on the same day.
“Most of the areas set to endure these marches aren’t even considered to be Unionist/Loyalist areas. They are in fact mixed areas and in some cases are considered to be predominantly nationalist.
“These hate displays will have an adverse effect on local businesses and hamper the daily routine of local residents who find themselves unable to go about their daily lives.
“Roads will be blocked, traffic will be brought to a standstill and as always it is the ordinary people who will suffer at the hands of bigots and their ever willing cohorts in the PSNI who will facilitate these bigots by erecting a ring of steel around Newry.
“Those who organise, participate and the forces who facilitate these marches are doing nothing but causing sectarian tension and possibly creating a scenario for conflict.”
Murney concluded “As a party, Saoradh are vehemently opposed the scourge of sectarian bigotry which has no place in today’s society. These unwanted parades should be stopped indefinitely and the people of Newry should be allowed to go about their daily business without being subjected to a hate filled display of bigotry year in and year out.
“These marches should be rejected and opposed by all right minded people.”
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