We wish to make our position crystal clear: No representitives of our residents group will be present whether it be in Wales, or New South Wales in Oz, as we deem this a cosmetic farce organised solely on the grounds of attempting to garner support and acceptance of the failed and discredited PSNI, which we in the Catholic, Nationalist and Republicann communities view as nothing more than a Political Police Force ran by MI5 and its Masters in the British Government and their direct involvement around issues including unwelcome and equally unessasary sectarian parading through several areas of contention ie; Carrickhill, Springfield Rd, Rasharkin, Garvaghy Rd and Newtownbutler which our people clearly oppose as blatant acts of naked bigotry masked as religious and cultural celebrations.
To conclude GARC as the largest single-issue residents residents group in the Greater Ardoyne area, our sole aim is total opposition to all with regards to the Loyal Orders whom by their continued insistence on marching where they are clearly not welcome and equally the PSNI who facilitate such bigotry with every means at their disposal.
We make this direct appeal to the above, if they are genuinely serious about entering into a shared future with their Catholic, Nationalist and Republican neighbours. They must take a bold step up to the mark and desist from treating our communities as Second Class Citizens and lets build together, a real and genuine island of equals in which a shared future can exist, one in which we and ALL our children deserve. Then and only then, can we together realistically consider looking at bringing walls & barriers that divide our communities down, once and for all.
Unless Ardoyne, St Pat's chapel the Short Strand are sorted and put to bed, the GFA & equality are nothing but words on a page...
ReplyDeleteNothing has changed , SF leaders get richer , Grand Masters of the Orange Lodges still think they can trample over Catholics and treat them as second class citizens.
ReplyDeleteNow is the time for change.
From Shrigley Bhoy
ReplyDeleteI would just like to point out to GARC,that as much as I endorse their stance unequivocally, they should not fall into the trap of only naming a few well known contentious parade routes.
This might wrongfully suggest that there are only a handful of parades that need to be sorted out.I know their statement includes a demand that these parades should not be allowed where they are not wanted but it sounds like an afterthought after naming tohse specific routes.
Is there a serious will, Anthony, among our leaders, to put a stop to these nakedly sectarian marches?