“The meeting went very well and there was a really good atmosphere at Austurvollur (square),” Hordur Torfason, the singer/actor/songwriter who has been organizing the weekly protests in front of the Icelandic parliament, said to MBL.is.

When asked if he was happy with the turnout to today’s event, Torfason said that Austurvollur Square had been very full. He gave little credence to police estimates that only 4,000 people turned out to protest.

In his opinion, the weekly protests are very important in giving people the chance to vent their feelings and to feel that they are not alone in how they feel.

There will be another protest meeting next Saturday at 15.00. “Before the meeting ended, I asked people if they wanted to do it again next week. The answer was unanimous,” Torfason said.

When asked how long the weekly protests outside parliament would continue, Torfason said the answer was in the hands of Prime Minister Geir H. Haarde and Foreign Minister Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir. Today was the eighth time protesters have gathered outside parliament to demand the resignation of the boards at the Central Bank of Iceland and the Financial Supervisory Authority; and also the chance to vote for a new government in the very near future.