Did the peaceful INC protest end in a deal?

THE protest action of the Iglesia ni Cristo has mercifully ended without an untoward incident and heartbreak. This transpired because both the government and the church group kept their heads before braggarts could turn the protest into something dangerous.

How the situation was defused bears lessons on how government should handle equally testy situations in the future, and how protesting groups ought to behave in order to settle issues amicably.