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The standoff at Drumcree has entered its third day as negotiations continue to resolve the contentious parading dispute in Portadown, Northern Ireland. Members of the Orange Order remain near Drumcree Church, while nationalist protesters continue to block the Garvaghy Road.

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00:00The standoff at Drum Cree has entered its third day, with talks continuing in a bid to resolve
00:05the contentious parading dispute in Portadown, Northern Ireland. Members of the Orange Order
00:09remain at Drum Cree Church, expecting to begin their permitted parade, but hundreds of nationalist
00:14protesters continue to blockade the Garvahi Road.
00:27I have gathered here in huge, huge numbers. They've gathered because they are angry.
00:34They are gathered because they are devastated.
00:38I mean, this is a community that you've seen that's been re-traumatised after being visited
00:44again upon them. A community that came through so much 28 years ago, and a community that's
00:48been building its positivity and progress over the last 28 years. And then we have the Orange
00:53Order stepping in, political news and stepping in, and wanting to reverse the fortunes of
00:57this community, wanting to bring them back to the days of old. This community do not want
01:01this. They do not want this much. And tonight, I believe, is another victory for this community
01:05and standing steadfast for the right to live free from sectarian harassment and intimidation.
01:10We have a lawful body that has made a lawful determination. It was scrutinised by the
01:14courts, and it was upheld by the courts. We now have lawmakers acting as lawbreakers.
01:20And they need to face the consequences for their actions. We cannot have a situation where
01:26people who have the privilege of assuming and holding high office in Northern Ireland so
01:32flagrantly disregard the pledge of office and the statutory underpinnings of their office.
01:36They have debased themselves, and they are debasing their office. And those are the
01:41things that we are having to deal with today.
01:43It is absolutely important that everybody cooperates with the police, that everybody takes a moment
01:53to maintain a degree of calm, to respect people who have a different opinion from yourselves,
02:02and to be able to try and achieve some kind of resolution of what is obviously a very difficult
02:07situation today.
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