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| Order welcomes parades progress | |
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| The Orange Order will give proposals on parades drawn up by a DUP and Sinn Fein working group "a fair wind". | |
| A Grand Lodge meeting voted in favour of it and welcomed what it called "the progress being made" on the new bill. | |
| Grand Master Robert Saulters said they still had concerns about restrictions on freedom of assembly. | |
| He said the Order still wanted the Parades Commission abolished but would hold back on making a final comment until the draft bill is published. | |
| He said that 95% of the 120 members at the policy meeting at the meeting on the issue in County Tyrone voted to give the working group the space to continue working on the legislation. However, it will not be in place for this year's marching season. | |
| It is understood the Order met with senior DUP figures on Thursday. | |
| Jeffrey Donaldson, Stephen Moutray and Nelson McCausland and Reverend Mervyn Gibson are believed to have attended. | Jeffrey Donaldson, Stephen Moutray and Nelson McCausland and Reverend Mervyn Gibson are believed to have attended. |
| Mr Gibson has been advising the new joint working group on parades set up following the Hillsborough Agreement. | Mr Gibson has been advising the new joint working group on parades set up following the Hillsborough Agreement. |
| Last month, the Orange Order said it had several areas of concern about the working group's proposals. | Last month, the Orange Order said it had several areas of concern about the working group's proposals. |
| The DUP and Sinn Fein set up a six-strong group to review parading following the Hillsborough Agreement. | The DUP and Sinn Fein set up a six-strong group to review parading following the Hillsborough Agreement. |
| That working group delivered its report to the office of the first and deputy first minister on 24 February. | That working group delivered its report to the office of the first and deputy first minister on 24 February. |
| The document is not due to be made public, which has concerned the loyal orders and residents' groups who oppose certain marches. | |
| The remit of the DUP/Sinn Fein parades working group was to agree a framework for dealing with what is a particularly controversial issue in Northern Ireland. | The remit of the DUP/Sinn Fein parades working group was to agree a framework for dealing with what is a particularly controversial issue in Northern Ireland. |
| Three DUP members and three Sinn Fein members were tasked with designing a new and improved framework to rule on controversial marches, including a focus on local solutions, mediation and adjudication. | Three DUP members and three Sinn Fein members were tasked with designing a new and improved framework to rule on controversial marches, including a focus on local solutions, mediation and adjudication. |
| Nationalist residents in mainly working-class areas such as north Belfast and Portadown in County Armagh oppose Orange Order processions in their areas because they view them as triumphalist. | Nationalist residents in mainly working-class areas such as north Belfast and Portadown in County Armagh oppose Orange Order processions in their areas because they view them as triumphalist. |
| Members of the loyal orders accuse residents of going out of their way to be offended and maintain it is their traditional right to demonstrate on the streets. | Members of the loyal orders accuse residents of going out of their way to be offended and maintain it is their traditional right to demonstrate on the streets. |