And while the Commissioner says that's the process to go through - Petillo says the process he was going through, was hide and seek with the police. He told us he was dodging arrest and couldn't count the crowd:
Nigel Petillo, Land Activist
"I personally don't know how many people were there because to tell you the truth I had to be hiding from the police for a while so I was in the jungle for quite some time. There was a crowd in the front that police sent away right away a crowd was in the back with me a bunch of documents were taken away by the police department as well those were people who brought in their information. That would have given us a better idea of who and what was out there. However, the exact figure doesn't really matter the demonstration yesterday speaks loud the poor people came out. We registered our frustration and we think it's time for the government now to come to the table and discuss a way forward. A way forward in ensuring that grassroots people get a piece of land."
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