The weekly protests outside the Icelandic parliament in Reykjavik took place for the 11th consecutive week yesterday, but MBL.is reports that, like last Saturday, the gathering was very quiet.
Part of the quietness was due to an 11 minute silence – one minute for each week the protesters have gathered to demand the resignation of the board of the financial regulatory body and the central bank, and for new parliamentary elections.
Protest organiser Hordur Torfason told Morgunbladid that yesterday’s protest went well, although many fewer people attended than they used to. He puts the low turnout down to people being too busy preparing for Christmas.
In a direct nod towards George W. Bush’s recent experience in Iraq, a pair of shoes was thrown at Althingishusid (parliament house) during the protest.
The Voice of the People organisation is putting special emphasis on next Saturday’s protest. It is hoped, with Christmas out of the way, that many more people will attend on 27th December, to “keep the pressure on the government”.
Photo: MBL.is
I am foreign and have the option to leave the country and immediately begin sending money and goods to my family.. If I was not foreign and didn´t have this option, I would be downtown… I would be there through rain… I would be there through snow… I would be there not to cause a disturbance, but to let the government know that I am not helping the economy.. I am in need of a piece of those loans they have took for survival, a survival that directly lies in their hands… No one is playing anymore… This is real… There is easy way out, no amount of help can replace what has been lost.. It´s time, time to fight for our children!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE EURO= 290 ISK ON THE FIRST WEEKS OF THE YEAR…
1 E= 350 AROUND MARCH.
THIS IS TODAY 23TH DEC.
USD 3,55% 125,63 126,27
GBP 3,58% 185,96 186,91
DKK 3,52% 23,548 23,690
NOK 3,08% 17,814 17,921
SEK 2,08% 15,988 16,084
CHF 4,86% 115,84 116,53
JPY 3,29% 1,3915 1,4002
EUR 3,51% 175,51 176,57
GVT 3,45% 224,27 225,69
I DON´T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO BUT WE ARE ABOUT TO SEE PRETTY INCREDIBLE THINGS HAPPEN IN ICELAND… PEOPLE WILL EVENTUALLY LEAVE THE COUNTRY NOT JUST BECAUSE OF LOOKING FOR JOBS ABROAD, BUT BECAUSE OF BEING REALLY SCARED OF THE SITUATION WE ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE HERE…