The Romanian government just decriminalised official misconduct.
This essentially makes corruption legal.
what is life
fuckers passed the law in the middle of the night
despite protests being held against this in the last two weeks
there were more than 100k people on the streets a few days ago
i can’t even
I’m shaking with rage. A huge number of politicians will have their criminal records thrown out. People who have cause state prejudice of millions of dollars (they’re estimating a total of almost one billion). People who have tried to rig the votes in the last presidential election. The officials who had done the inspection in the Colectiv club before the fire that claimed 64 lives last year will be off their charges too.
Protests are being organized throughout the country. I’m so worried that violence may break out, despite the fact that all protests so far have been peaceful.
There are 175.000 people out in the streets in the entire country. I’m hoping this changes something.
Over 300.000 at the moment. It’s the biggest protest in Romania in the last 25 years.
HUGE THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HAS BEEN SHARING THIS
Update 02.02.2017:
There were some incidents at the protest in Bucharest last night, some bands of people have become violent towards the police forces, throwing firecrackers and other blunt objects towards them. This determined the police to ask all protesters to go home, so that the situation doesn’t escalate. They also used tear gas on the instigators. 4 people were injured.
I want to stress that this is not how the protest should be seen. The majority of the people is peaceful and this is the sole incident so far. The crowd condemned the actions of these aggressors, shouting “Not like this!”.
The protests will continue tonight. The people, along with the president, the Superior Council of Magistracy, the attorney general, the European Union and the embassies of several countries are asking the repeal of the emergency ordinance that would decriminalise official misconduct.
200,000+ protesters last night as well and another protest announced for tonight (feb. 3) people basically said that they’ll be out in the streets as long as they have to
these are the biggest protests in romania since the 1989 revolution that brought down ceausescu’s communist regime
the social-democrat party (psd), responsible for doing this, came into power again at the end of last year with the support of less than 20% of total voters (given a turnout of 39.5% THIS IS WHAT FUCKING HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON’T GET OFF YOUR ASS AND VOTE)
‘The PSD won elections [in December] with a huge vote. The government’s power is legitimate,” Dragnea said, labelling the centre-right president, Klaus Iohannis, the “moral author of last night’s violence’
DOES THIS REMIND YOU OF ANYTHING
interior minister carmen dan publicly singled out several journalists and opposition politicians as ‘instigators’ in the protests (link in romanian)
some of the people who will benefit from these decrees are under investigation for (link in romanian) are under investigation for large-scale electoral fraud and literal fucking murder. as in, their actions killed people, and not like 20 years ago. it happened in 2015.
FUN TRIVIA: did you know the european commission said that if this continues it will affect the amount of funding romania gets from the eu
basically it sucks and i’m going to take this opportunity to explain to all you tumblr ~pastel communists once again that this level of entrenched corruption that puts convicts in office and openly decriminalizes fraud, theft and yup, potentially actual murder, is the heritage of 5 decades of communist rule
Reblogging for the links and info, thank you so much!
Update 03.02.2017:
Bulgarians and Moldavians have announced protests this weekend in solidaritu with Romanians. (I can’t provide links because I’m on mobile, but if anyone can do that, I’d be super grateful) ❤
To any of my followers from Bulgaria and Moldavia, thank you. You guys absolutely rock! ❤
Update 04.02.2017:
New protests last night, around 300.000 people were out on the streets again in the entire country.
The most touching moment: 150.000 people singing the national anthem in Victory Square in Bucharest
❤
UPDATE 04.02.2017 (2):
The prime minister has announced that the ordinance will be repealed tomorrow morning, so this is a huge success.
HOWEVER. The law will go forward into Parliament for debate, with virtually the same content as before, so we still have a lot of fight left.
Thank you so incredibly much for all your support, it did wonders <3
600.000 protesters tonight in all of Romania. 300.000 in Bucharest.
And this:
I am proud.
UPDATE 08.02.2017
Okay, so things aren’t looking too great. The intimations made by the president and the Superior Council of Magistracy towards the Constitutional Court regarding the unconstitutionality of the emergency ordinance have been dismissed. Despite the fact that the government passed a new emergency ordinance to counter the first one, it might be unconstitutional. Long story short, the modifications to the Penal Code might still come into effect this Saturday. Which is what we fought against. Protests are still being held every night. The prime minister has declared that he refuses to quit his office, saying that he did nothing wrong and refusing to assume any responsibility for the passing of the emergency ordinance.
It’s a fuckfest, basically. I don’t know what will happen. We’ll keep fighting. And hoping for the best.
