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The place where we are now was all water before.
Our grandparents came down as fishermen.
They came carrying this mud and threw it down.
As you see, this house is there, deep inside the ground.
They took their money and used it to cut down the mangroves.
This is the place where I was born.
My mother and father got married, lived and had me here.
Here my mother died. We carried her over there and buried her.
I am now 56 years old.
In these 56 years I have never been to another place.
Not even to another town. I am from this place.
I don't know what we are hearing, whether they want to push us away.
If they want us to go away, I don't know where my children and I have to go.
Atapala.
They call this atapala.
What's up, man? -Let's sing.
Respect. How are you? -Everything is good. Respect.
Eviction? The government is a joke. They haven't made a good plan.
If they want a development here, they must work with the people who live here.
You want to evict me from my place, but you won't discuss it with me.
We are not at the war front, this is a democracy. It's not about power.
You have to talk to the people amicably. That's how a democracy works.
So if they want to do something and they're conscious of democracy...
they should consult with us and not use the military.
he's behaving like a crazy grasshopper
what kind of government is this
how can a government shoot its own people
You can see this is my plot. They have destroyed it.
Because they said they wanted to do a renovation.
They demolished everything without paying a single penny.
This is a new place. I'm just managing with my children.
I need the government to do something.
Look at this place. After breaking my six rooms, they did not pay me.
How can four or five agents come and mark the house...
but your name isn't on the compensation list, and someone else takes the money.
You are left with nothing.
If the governor wants to do something, let him come down to look...
and tell us properly what we should do.
Please, you can see the women and children are suffering.
These are our wives and children. The children are not going to school.
How can I work? There are no jobs.
I am 43 years old and I have never found work in the government sector.
I can't find any job although I have a school certificate.
I'm getting older every day.
When will I find a job to support my children?
That is the reason why the governor should come down...
and tell us how he is going to achieve a better future for our children.
Then they can take care of us by the time we grow old.
That's why I said:
As a chief of the community I have something to say.
That's why I said: Let me speak on behalf of the community. Thank you.
Here are five of them. That's the last one.
Five of them.