Romanians join #Rezist movement to fight against corruption in nation-wide protests on January 20, 2018

Protest Romania 2018: A long awaited wave of protests that have been planned for months by the #Rezist community, swept over Romania and its diaspora on Saturday in retaliation to lawmakers’ obsessive desire to gain control over the judicial system.

protest romania 2018

Tens of thousands protesting in Bucharest against corruption (video capture: ProTV)

Around 100,000 people demonstrated in numerous cities across the country on January 20, although many of them had announced their intention to come along to join the rally in Bucharest and express support for the Laws of Justice, which they say, were “massacred” in the Parliament by the governing social-democrat party PSD.

The mega-protest in the Romanian capital was scheduled on Facebook, had the slogan: “All roads lead to Bucharest. The revolution of our generation” and was linked to several trendy hashtags including: #Anticorruption, #Rezist , #RuleofLaw , #CoruptiaUcide, #VaVedem, #TotiPentruJustitie, PSDciumarosie, etc. The event gathered more than 70,000 people and was organized in the form of a march starting at the University Square and heading towards Constitution Square, where the Parliament is located.

In association to Saturday’s protest, a group of people from Cluj-Napoca have engaged in a march to Bucharest – walking about 450 km- to take part in the rally and raise awareness of their message. They reached Otopeni – a suburb of Bucharest- Friday night and made it in time to the protest site.
The ruling coalition, formed of PSD and its political partners (ALDE/UDMR), have done almost nothing for most of the past year but struggle to change the rules of the Judiciary, in defiance to massive criticism that they subversively attempt to subdue it politically.

Three drafts for amending the Romanian laws of justice have been issued at a fast pace by a specially-assembled commission led by Florin Iordache, a PSD politician and former Minister of Justice who masterminded OUG13, the famed government emergency ordinance that sparked anger throughout the country in early 2017.
Before you take this medicine make sure to take a complete knowledge about its working as cialis consultation well as its dosage. The process of parasympathetic regulates when the body is at rest – canada cialis 100mg between beats – your blood pressure falls, this is diastolic pressure. If you suffer from insomnia or sleep disorders, you will know hoe uncomfortable life can be but a regular massage of the oil on the organ can stimulate drying nerve ends lowest prices viagra and enhance the power of tissues. Yes, it online cialis australia works a bit faster than the traditional blue pills by Pfizer.
At that time, more than half a million people took to the streets in Romania to protest against Iordache’s controversial ordinance that aimed at helping corrupt politicians escape justice by decriminalizing corruption offences, including official misconduct in cases where the financial damage was less than 200,000 lei ($50,000).

Earlier this week, PSD dragged Romania into another political crisis after ridiculously toppling its own government for the second time in a year. Ex-Prime Minister Tudose lost support from his party colleagues and submitted his resignation with immediate effect on Monday. The next day, Japanese PM Shinzo Abe landed for first time in Romania just to figure out the country has no head of government. Fortunately, he was welcomed by country’s President Klaus Iohannis. A day later, Mr. Iohanis accepted a new proposal for prime minister by PSD – Viorica Dancila, an obscure Romanian MEP who thought Iran and Pakistan were members of the European Union.

Video: Protesters shining phone lights on corruption before Romanian Parliament

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.