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21/11/2007
Band Backs Down On City Parade
A contentious protest parade that was expected to disrupt the city centre this weekend will not now be taking place.
The loyalist band has called off the march it had planned to hold in Belfast on Saturday.
Last week, the Parades Commission banned the Pride of Raven from marching along Donegall Pass after complaints from South Belfast MLA Anna Lo.
The protest march was organised after police mistakenly gave address details of the band organiser to Ms Lo.
The band said it had decided to call off the parade after listening to a wide range of opinions.
In a statement, the band said the march had originally been organised to "highlight flaws in the procedures currently governing parades".
Ms Lo said she was encouraged by the band's decision: "This will ensure that the good community relations work that has taken place in the area in recent years will not be put at risk," the Alliance representative added.
(BMcC)
The loyalist band has called off the march it had planned to hold in Belfast on Saturday.
Last week, the Parades Commission banned the Pride of Raven from marching along Donegall Pass after complaints from South Belfast MLA Anna Lo.
The protest march was organised after police mistakenly gave address details of the band organiser to Ms Lo.
The band said it had decided to call off the parade after listening to a wide range of opinions.
In a statement, the band said the march had originally been organised to "highlight flaws in the procedures currently governing parades".
Ms Lo said she was encouraged by the band's decision: "This will ensure that the good community relations work that has taken place in the area in recent years will not be put at risk," the Alliance representative added.
(BMcC)
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