Peadar Tóibín confirmed today he has been requested to attend a voluntary interview under caution from the PSNI in relation to the Garvaghy Road protests in Portadown in Co Armagh.
The Aontú leader said the PSNI wrote to him to ask him to attend Musgrave Police Station in Belfast this Friday.
The letter informed him it is suspected he has committed offences linked to his appearance at Garvaghy during the height of the standoff in September.
Demonstrators took to the road in an effort to prevent the Orange Order passing down the route.
Said Peadar Tóibín: “I’ve received a request to meet with the PSNI and give an account of events, in relation to my role in the Garvaghy Road, a number of weeks ago,” the Aontú leader said.
“I believe in co-operating fully with the PSNI investigation. I will be attending the meeting with the PSNI and will be answering any questions they have.”
“However, it’s a monumental waste of PSNI time and of elected representatives’ time to go through the charade of these meetings. It does not make sense at all,” he said.
“Nearly £4million in the North has already been spent in policing these protests. Now, we have to go through this charade of discussions with the PSNI.
“We very narrowly came to the situation where we had a full conflagration in the north of Ireland as a result of the proposed march of the Orange Order down the road,” the Aontú leader said.
“It nearly happened, in part, because two governments did not do their duty in protecting the peace and the Good Friday Agreement.”
“Micheál Martin stood idly by, when it came to his responsibility to make sure the peace process was upheld.”
“It was left to other representatives, such as myself, to stand with the people of the Garvaghy to protect the peace.”
“I would ask the Government to commit we will not longer see any threats of matches down contested areas and that consent be always at the heart of any of these marches in the future.”
He added: “This is a serious waste of time and money, for a lack of responsibility by both governments in terms of holding the peace in the North.”
Last week, Northern Ireland’s High Court upheld a decision of the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland prohibiting an Orange Order parade through the Garvaghy Road.