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PARADES COMMISSION UNVEILS PLANS
10/27/97 16:15 EST

The Parades Commission - set up by the British government to
defuse the annual tension and violence that accompanies the
loyalist marching season - today unveiled plans to make
early judgments on some of the most contentious marches.
Not only does the three-member commission want to make
formal rulings on parade disputes at least five days before
the marches are due to take place, it also intends taking an
informal view well in advance.

The commission hopes to publish its "preliminary view" of
marches in hotspots like Portadown, Dunloy and Belfast's
lower Ormeau Road before the marching season begins. In the
meantime, it will be sending teams into these areas to study
the nature of local disputes. Today, the commission
published rules and draft guidelines calling for high
standards from marchers.  It advises "communication" between
parade organisers and occupants of residential areas the
march passes through. New guidelines being processed by the
British government will transfer the decision-making process
over contentious parades from the RUC to the commission.
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