A protester takes up position at the intersection of Sutton Street and Duke Street yesterday.
-Norman GrindleyTHE CAMPAIGN For Global Justice's (CFGJ) march against the Terrorism Prevention Bill was adversely affected by rain and a poor turnout yesterday.
Still, the handful of CFGJ supporters who turned out, congregated at the intersection of Sutton Street and Duke Street, held their banners high and issued flyers to passers-by.
The police were also out in their numbers to ensure that the march did not disrupt the town's activities.
The march began at the lower end of National Heroes Circle at about 2:00 p.m. The procession was to go down East Street, then along East Queen Street and finally up Duke Street to present a petition to Parliament. However, that petition was never presented.
Cecil Gutzmore, a CFGJ representative, told The Gleaner that the group would continue to collect more signatures on the petition.
"We don't see anything to be gained from presenting it today; we want to keep on collecting and then we make a presentation at sometime in the future," he said.
Mr. Gutzmore said that march is just one of the scheduled activities on their agenda.
He said the efforts of the CFGJ are geared at accentuating alleged dangers of the Terrorism Bill to both the public and the government.
"Essentially our campaign is to bring the message of the dangers to our civil liberties of this unnecessary piece of legislation to the Jamaican people," said Mr. Gutzmore.
"We are doing a number of activities we had a forum in Half-Way Tree some weeks ago, we have been handing out leaflets ... and there will be other activities."
