DUP WELCOME INCREASE IN DAYS UNION FLAG IS FLOWN Craigavon Councils DUP Group Leader Carla Lockhart has welcomed the Councils decision to support a DUP proposal that it erects the Union Flag on the Councils headquarters 365 days per year. Cllr Lockhart said, This is the right decision for the Council as it recognises our National Flag and that the Borough is part of the United Kingdom. I made the proposal that the Union Flag should fly every day on the Councils Civic Centre and I welcome that other Councillors supported this compromise position. The Union Flag is the National Flag which if flown reflects the constitutional status of Northern Ireland. As outlined by a respondent to the EQIA, the Union Flag is a symbol of unity between four nations and is testament to the legitimacy of a sovereign and democratic state to which its people have consented. It is not sectarian, it represents all in Northern Ireland and elsewhere in the UK. By making this decision I trust it will go someway to reducing the number of flags placed on lampposts which ultimately become torn and tattered. The EQIA does not lead us to believe that this will cause offence to a large number of people. The presence of the Union Flag on designated days has not deterred the Council from recruiting and retaining a workforce that was broadly in line with expected rates for the local Protestant and Catholic communities. This compromise on our original proposal of seven locations will strike the right balance between acknowledging Northern Irelands constitutional position and not causing offence to those who oppose it.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 21:01:33 +0000
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