7. OBSERVATIONS • Shortly before the meeting, as the participants were waiting for the facilitators, a rumour spread that the police were coming to arrest the participants and the majority of them vanished from the venue. • The participants wanted assurance from the facilitators that their recommendations would be implemented, but cautioned that solutions to reconciliation must not be forced down one’s throats as one may get bitten in the process. 104 Taking Transitional Justice to the People – Outreach Report