
北爱尔兰大臣克里斯·布莱恩特爵士表示,他将禁止在德鲁姆克里举行的备受争议的奥兰治会游行。
Northern Ireland Secretary Sir Chris Bryant has said he will ban the contentious Orange Order parade at Drumcree.
这场争端已导致奥兰治会成员与波塔唐加瓦吉路地区的民族主义居民之间陷入对峙,持续了近两周时间。
The dispute has led to a stand-off between Orangemen and nationalist residents of the Garvaghy Road in Portadown lasting almost two weeks.
克里斯爵士表示,北爱尔兰警察服务处(PSNI)的总警司曾向他建议:“若不采取重大干预措施,这场游行将无法举行,而这样的干预将带来不可接受的严重伤害、骚乱以及在整个北爱尔兰引发更广泛连锁反应的风险。”此举发生在居民与奥兰治会当地分会之间僵局持续的第13天。
Sir Chris said the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) chief constable advised him "that it would not be possible to enable the procession to happen without a major intervention which would carry an unacceptable risk of serious injury, disorder and a wider contagion effect across Northern Ireland". The move comes on the 13th day of deadlock between residents and the local district lodge of the Orange Order.
此前,游行委员会曾裁定,9月27日星期日的游行可在实施限制措施的情况下进行。
The Parades Commission had ruled that the march on Sunday 27 September could go ahead with restrictions in place.
但由于加瓦吉路上爆发了大规模抗议活动,这场从德鲁姆克里教堂出发前往波塔唐的游行最终未能举行。
But the parade, from Drumcree Church into Portadown, did not happen due to a large protest on the Garvaghy Road.
根据法律规定,国务大臣可以推翻游行委员会的决定,尤其是在获得北爱尔兰警察服务处意见之后。
Under legislation, a secretary of state can overturn a Parades Commission determination, especially following some form of input from the PSNI.
克里斯爵士此前一直面临来自新芬党和社会民主劳工党日益增长的压力,要求他叫停此次游行。
Sir Chris had been coming under increasing pressure from Sinn Féin and the SDLP to stop the parade.
周五晚间,克里斯爵士表示:“游行委员会已向我建议,尽管此事最终仍由法院裁决,但鉴于总警司目前的评估,委员会认为最初的裁定现已不再具有持久的法律效力。”
On Friday night, Sir Chris said: "The Parades Commission have advised me that while ultimately a matter for the courts to determine, the commission is of the view that, in light of this current assessment by the chief constable, the original determination does not now have enduring legal effect.
“因此,为了更广泛的公共利益和安全考虑,我得出的结论是,当初做出该决定时的情况现已发生显著变化,”他说道。
"Consequently, and in the interests of wider public interest and safety, I've come to the conclusion that the circumstances under which that decision was made have now changed considerably," he said.
“因此,此次游行无法按照原定计划进行。”周五晚间,在加瓦吉路一家社区中心外发表讲话时,加瓦吉路居民联盟发言人布雷南·麦克基纳特表示:“尽管今晚这对我们来说是一场胜利,但这场胜利仍然伴随着悲伤与失落。”
"As a result, the procession cannot go ahead as it was determined." Speaking outside a community centre on the Garvaghy Road on Friday night, Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition spokesman Breandán Mac Cionnaith said that "while this is a win for us tonight, it is one that is still tinged with sadness and with loss".
“我们之所以必须铭记多年来为促成这一决定所付出的代价,因此,这并不值得真正庆祝。”新芬党主席玛丽·卢·麦克唐纳表示,在加夫加希路上,人们普遍感受到的是“一种如释重负和喜悦”,并补充说,“这一可怕的威胁和压迫感已经从社区中消除了”。
"There's no real cause for celebration that we have to remember the price that was paid for to get this decision over many years." Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald said the overwhelming sense on the road was "one of relief and one of joy", adding that this "awful threat and this sense of menace has been lifted from the community".
“曾经一度,人们担心会有游行队伍走上这条路,这简直令人难以想象。没有人相信这一决定最终会落实,但社区从一开始就表示,他们将坚定团结,绝不会接受这种情况,而他们也确实做到了。正义最终在这里取得了胜利。”爱尔兰总理米歇尔·马丁在社交媒体上发帖称,克里斯爵士的宣布“将给加夫加希路社区的民众带来极大的宽慰”。
"To have had the prospect of a march down the road was just incomprehensible, nobody could believe that this decision had been landed and the community said from the get go that they would stand strong and united and that they would not have it and they have. Right has won out here." Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said in a post on social media that the announcement by Sir Chris "will come as a significant relief to the community on the Garvaghy Road".
他还表示:“这一消息也将给北爱尔兰各地以及整个爱尔兰岛的民众带来宽慰,他们曾担心,如果德拉姆克里的问题得不到解决,可能会对社区关系与和解造成长期负面影响。”
"It will also be a relief to people in communities right across Northern Ireland, and the island of Ireland as a whole, who were concerned that the situation at Drumcree, if left unresolved, could have had lasting negative repercussions on community relations and reconciliation," he said.
波塔唐区表示,“注意到首席警司已经放弃了他对北爱尔兰警务管理的责任”。
The Portadown District said it "notes the chief constable has abdicated his responsibility for policing Northern Ireland".
“我们进一步注意到,国务大臣向共和派暴徒屈服,并对犯罪行为予以奖赏。其后果显而易见。”他们说道。
"We further note that the secretary of state has bowed to the republican mob, and rewarded criminality. Again, the consequences should be self-evident," they said.
波塔唐区表示,他们“理解今晚席卷我们社区的巨大愤怒”,但呼吁保持冷静。
The Portadown District said that they "understand the immense anger which is tonight engulfing our community", but has urged for calm.
“波塔唐区将不再与北爱尔兰警察服务局(PSNI)进行任何进一步接触。”民主统一党(DUP)领导人加文·罗宾逊在一份声明中表示,“近几天来已经很清楚,由于新芬党的行为以及他们对最近支持游行的裁决的完全无视,北爱尔兰警察服务局无法确保此次游行安全完成。”
"The Portadown District will be having no further engagement with the PSNI." Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Gavin Robinson said in a statement that "it has been clear in recent days that due to the actions of Sinn Féin and the total disregard for the recent determination in favour of a parade that the PSNI cannot ensure the safe completion of the parade".
首席警司将此事提交给国务秘书,并认定游行无法继续举行,这一决定正是共和派煽动、动员以及潜在暴力威胁迫在眉睫的直接结果,罗宾逊说道。
"The decision of the chief constable to refer the matter to the secretary of state and his conclusion that the parade cannot proceed is a direct result of republican agitation, mobilisation and the looming threats of potential violence," Robinson said.
“这些决定是错误的,也释放出一种危险的信号:国家治理竟取决于谁的人数更多、谁的叫喊声更大。”自9月27日决定允许奥兰治会沿加尔瓦希路游行以来,波塔唐已陷入13天的僵局。
"These decisions are a mistake, and send profound signals that the country should be run on force of numbers and who shouts the loudest." There have been 13 days of deadlock in Portadown since the decision to allow an Orange Order march down the Garvaghy Road on 27 September.
当天上午,多达1000人——包括北爱尔兰首席部长米歇尔·奥尼尔等政治家——封锁了道路,阻止了从一英里以西的德鲁姆克里教堂出发的奥兰治会成员游行。
That morning, up to 1,000 people - including politicians such as Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O'Neill - blocked the road, preventing Orangemen marching from Drumcree Church a mile to the west.
此后,居民们一直持续在该道路周边驻守,而奥兰治会成员也多次试图沿该路线游行,但均被警方拦回。
Since then, residents have maintained a constant presence around the road while Orangemen have also repeatedly tried to march the route before being turned back by police.
首席警司乔恩·布彻上周曾表示,如果警方强行让奥兰治会沿加尔瓦希路游行,“后果可能灾难性”。
The Chief Constable, Jon Boutcher, had said last week that the consequences of police forcing an Orange Order march down the Garvaghy Road "could be catastrophic".
他还指出,尽管北爱尔兰警察服务局(PSNI)的目标是促成裁决的执行,但这绝不能“不惜一切代价”实现。截至上周四,围绕该争议的警务行动已耗资约300万英镑。
He had said while the PSNI's objective was to facilitate the determination, this could not be done "at all costs". As of last Thursday, the policing operation over the dispute had cost about £3m.
整整两周前,游行委员会发布裁决,允许奥兰治会在波塔唐以民族主义为主的加尔瓦希路上举行游行,但需遵守相关限制。此举引发了反对此次游行的加尔瓦希路居民联盟的法律挑战。
Two weeks ago exactly, the Parades Commission issued a determination saying that the Orange Order parade was to be allowed on the mainly-nationalist Garvaghy Road in Portadown with restrictions in place. That prompted a legal challenge from the Garvaghy Road Residents' Coalition which opposed the march.
上诉法院正在考虑是否批准居民们对该游行委员会裁决提出的挑战。
The Court of Appeal is considering whether to allow a challenge to the Parades Commission's ruling, which has been lodged by residents.
德鲁姆克里事件曾是北爱尔兰最严重的游行争端之一:20世纪90年代中期至后期,奥兰治会试图沿加尔瓦希路游行时,曾引发对峙、暴乱、道路封锁和杀戮事件。
Drumcree was one of Northern Ireland's most serious parading disputes, when stand-offs in the mid-to-late 1990s over attempts by the Orange Order to march along the Garvaghy Road were accompanied by riots, roadblocks and killings.
1995年7月,当警方阻止“橙色秩序”组织沿原定路线游行时,双方曾一度陷入紧张对峙。接下来的三年里,情况也如出一辙。
When the Orange Order was prevented by police from walking down the route in July 1995, there was a tense stand-off. It was the same for the next three years.
1998年,游行委员会开始运作,旨在规范游行活动,并试图缓解围绕游行引发的紧张局势。加夫阿希路争议究竟是怎么回事?
The Parades Commission began operating in 1998 to regulate parades and try to defuse tension around marches. What is the Garvaghy Road dispute all about?
过去三十年间,“橙色秩序”组织一直对委员会当年夏天禁止在加夫阿希路举行游行的决定提出挑战。
Its decision not to allow a march down the Garvaghy Road that summer has been challenged by the order for the past three decades.
今年早些时候,游行委员会裁定,在原有禁止游行的决定被法院推翻后,此次游行可在实施限制措施的前提下进行。
Earlier this year the Parades Commission decided that the march could go ahead with restrictions in place after its original decision to stop the march was overturned in court.
与此同时,上诉法院正在审理居民为阻止此次游行而提起的法律诉讼,并等待其最终裁决。
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal is considering its ruling in a legal challenge brought by the residents to block the march going ahead.