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“It’s been surreal. This
has been outrageous. What
I’d like to see in a uto-
pian world is that if you
own over 50 or 100 million
krónur, you shouldn’t be in
politics. I thought that the
‘bad guy’ politicians were
doing what they’re doing be-
cause of their philosophy and
doctrine—following their own
passion. But now we know,
it’s all about money for
these guys. It’s just busi-
ness. And it’s easy to pass a
law to make more money, but
the other parties in Ice-
land are politicians because
it’s their calling. And when
people are doing something
out of passion, and a feeling
for the greater good—that’s
something else completely.”
“We want an election as soon
as possible. I’ve heard to-
day that we’ll have it in the
autumn, but that’s too long.
I want it as soon as pos-
sible. That’s the main task
of the nation—to get a fair
government that will build
on humanistic values. We need
to restructure things, rein-
vigorate our healthcare and
education system. And that is
just not on this government’s
agenda.”
“I want to see not just Sig-
mundur but also Bjarni Ben
resign. Bjarni gave an inter-
view on Kastljós last night,
and he was lying straight
into Helgi Seljan’s face—it’s
just scary how good he is
at seeming like he’s talking
straight. And how Sigmundur
has been behaving is just
crazy. He said the Presi-
dent was lying! The events of
these last three days have
just been ridiculous, and it’s
making all of us look ridicu-
lous, too.”
Benjamin
“I want them not to just replace one clown with another.”
“My personal opinion is
that the President of Ice-
land should ask the minority
to take control of the ship
until we have an election
this fall. The majority here
has no trust, no momentum—
the people don’t want them.
We estimate that there were
5000 people at this protest,
in the rain, in the middle of
the week, with 24 hours of
preparation. That states that
a new coalition isn’t a solu-
tion.”

Feature Story:

Protestors:
What do you want
to happen?
Sveinbjörn and Sigurlaug
Curver
Alma
Sindri
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Written by
JOHN ROGERS
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