Achieve "one man one vote" - This
would allow all people over 18 to
vote & remove the multiple votes
from business owners.
Achieved as part of O'Neill's Five
Point Reform Programme and in
the reforms introduced after the
Downing Street Declaration.
Ensure that local councils
allocated their houses fairly - At
this time only those who paid
rates were allowed to vote in
local council elections. If councils
did not give Catholics houses, then
they could not vote
Achieved in O'Neill's Five
Point Reform Programme as
a point system is introduced
Introduce a formal complaints
procedure - This would allow people to
report local council violations
Achieved on 22nd November
1968 as part of O'Neill's Five
Point Reform Proramme
Stop discrimination in the allocation of
government jobs - The Cameron
Commission found widespread
favouritism towards Protestants in the
allocation of jobs. Evidence was also
found that Catholics were
under-represented in senior Civil Service
jobs amongst NI's judges.
Achieved in the
reforms made after
the Downing Street
Declaration as they
prevented
discrimination in
public employment.
End the use of Special Powers Act -
This gave police the power to arrest
and detain suspects without trial
Partially removed as
part of O'Neill's Five
Point Reform
Programme in 1968.
Disband the B Specials - This
reserve police force (almost all
Protestants and Unionists) was
seen by Catholics as a biased an
sectarian force.
Recommended in the Hunt Committee Report.
Stop Gerrymndering - Most famous
example of this was in Londonderry in
966 where the Unionist controlled city
council ruled over a Catholic population
of 20,00 compared to a Protestant
Population of 10,000. Gerrymandering
id the practice of drawing electoral
boundaries in a way that benefits one
group at the expense of another.
Achieved in the reforms that
were made following the
Downing Street Declaration in
August '69.