On 23 June, Ganilau accused the Prime Minister of having committed a ""monumental deception"" by asking church leaders to support the legislation without honestly explaining its real purpose to them. He was reacting to revelations from Roman Catholic Archbishop Petero Mataca and other church leaders that at a meeting with the Prime Minister on 2 May, they had been told of the reconciliation and compensation provisions of the legislation, but not about its amnesty provisions. ""It does not say much about the credibility of the Prime Minister for him to be saying publicly that the Christian churches support the bill after these deliberate acts of deception."" Ganilau said. He called on churches to join with other religions to put together an alternative blueprint to the government's reconciliation proposals.