This submission from the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland on 10 September purports that the Unionist parties have breached the Mitchell Principles. The document begins with a later note from Alliance leader John Alderdice dating 16 September 1996, which asks to strike a factually incorrect detail from the submission. The submission proper cites the Secretary of State, Patrick Mayhew, who described the Drumcree conflict as a “violent” challenge to the rule of law and alleges that senior members of the Unionist parties encouraged the Orange Order, a Protestant order which organizes yearly marches to Drumcree Church, to challenge the rule of law. The submission also raises concern with CLMC [Combined Loyalist Military Command] threats towards their opponents and criticises the DUP [Democratic Unionist Party] for not distancing themselves from “militant loyalist” Billy Wright.
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