Around 4000 people are now in front of the Icelandic parliament building, in central Reykjavik, protesting against the economic situation in Iceland.
People are asking for the resigning of Iceland’s Central Bank management, re-election of the Icelandic parliament and changes in the government.
Among the speakers are writers, journalists and educational advisers.
Between 6000 and 7000 people have been showing up at the last two meetings, it is thought that really cold weather is contributing to the lesser turn-out. A few of the last meetings have been boistrous, but generally well-natured, and so far today’s event has been peaceful.
This is the 8th meeting to be held by the same group of people led by Hordur Torfason, actor and singer/songwriter.
Pride they destroyed them.
Oddsson got fame of tyrannous and cruel man. He was 15 or 16 years Prime Minister; I suppose, he did not have to do work badly but, now, circumstances have changed. He had – he has – maximum responsibility: he cannot hide-and-seek behind Supervisor Authority. Everybody, inside and outside, knew what was happening, and that celebration was finished: soon and badly. When I say “he is a tyrant” …
Board of Governors, press conference, Tuesday,
October 28, 2008.
Question:
So you’re not thinking about this; you’re not considering resigning from your position.
Chairman of the Board of Governors – Oddsson – :
Have you considered resigning from yours? Well, neither have I.
The journalist shut up itself, and a different question came. If this journalist had not been so respectful and he had been audacious, dared, he had said: ”on my back neither falls responsibility of a Central Bank nor monetary policy of a country. Iceland is a ruined country; thousands of families are ruined. Have you found out? The journalists, we are here for remembering it, and to also ask to you.”
I think it is great that people in Iceland are out protesting. A lot of people who are affected by the mess the world is in have no responsibility for what has happened yet are paying a horrible price. That’s wrong – and we shouldn’t take it lying down.
1 – Think for yourself
2 – Question authority
(3) – At least go to the protests and start looking into the debt based world-wide monetary system. I don’t think the financial system is set up for the people’s benefit. Shouldn’t it be?
There was a protest today at Arnarhóll.
after the protest 150- 200 people went to the central bank to throw David Oddson out but were stopped by riot police in the building, David wasnt in the building so one protester told the police that if they would back off the protesters would leave, they did so the protesters walked out, this is only a matter of time, we will fire David and have an election,
i think not only will he be fired but he will have to leave the country, its safe to say his popularity has expired for good, people are loosing there jobs and homes now and the anger is rapidly growing, if the government partys keep supporting the centralbank governers they will take a beating in the next election,
this is a democracy and we will deal with out problems accordingly, David Oddson may own some politicians but he does not own Iceland or the Icelandic people, the smart move would be to quit and leave.
>When do we ever have that number of people at a single protest?
Well over a million people protested against the Invasion of Iraq in the UK, just before the actual invasion.
@Ragnar: This heading-off was the beginning of a dictatorship 270 years ago. A few wars in between did not count ? Ok, we shall learn from the past, but mainly from their failures to prevent their repetition in the future.
Protest is not enough, you need a revolution just like what the French did. Off with their heads. Now France is a well run government. Off with their heads.
Sorry, typo in my comment above. That should read 780,000 (1.3% of 60,000,000) not 78,000.
@ Stan
1.3% of the UK population would be about 78,000 people. When do we ever have that number of people at a single protest? Plus, i would guess most people in Iceland are too busy working or looking for work at a time like this.
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With 300,000 people and 4,000 at protests= about 1.3% of Icelanders are angry enough to protest in public. If I was a government official, I would not step down either from my well paying job. Anyway, the IMF and other countries will bail you out so you do not have to suffer because you are special people that have been abused by the tricky countries that insisted you make bad investments.