The Idiot Vote: The Democrats Core Constituency He, Elena and four others managed to get to the roof and escaped by helicopter, only seconds ahead of a group of demonstrators who had followed them there.. What defamation, what provocations! PROSECUTOR: And who heads Securitate? What do you think? Nicolae Ceausescu delivers his last public speech in Bucharest on December 21, 1989. He was a cosignatory of an open letter harshly critical of the Ceauescu region which appeared last march. In response, the two laugh, and she says: We do not stay abroad. Nobody has the right to abolish the Grand National Assembly. PROSECUTOR: In the same way he refused to hold a dialogue with the people, now he also refuses to speak with us. He always claimed to act and speak on behalf of the people, to be a beloved son of the people, but he only tyrannized the people all the time. A caretaker government was announced within an hour of the dictators capture. Since the old government has been dissolved and Ceausescu has lost his functions, he no longer has the right to be treated as the president. The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. Nicolae Ceausescu - Last Speech, Trial and Execution - History Channel (ENG subtitled) ac agencija 258 subscribers Subscribe 743 Save 111K views 3 years ago Notice Age-restricted video (based. I have observed that she is not even able to read correctly, but she calls herself an university graduate. . And we will not betray our people here. . The people were slaves. Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. PROSECUTOR: This situation is known. Because of the crimes they committed against the people, I plead, on behalf of the victims of these two tyrants, for the death sentence for the two defendants. They used to fetch people from orphans' homes or from abroad whom they trained in special institutions to become murderers of their own people. They organized the putsch. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to ensure both success and the appearance of popular support. Elena keeps whispering to him. As a result, the prosecutor says: Elena has always been talkative, but otherwise she does not know much. PROSECUTOR: Nicolae Ceauescu should tell us why he does not answer our questions. Her husband, Nicolae. You cannot talk to me in such a way! PROSECUTOR: Note - He does not recognize the points mentioned in the bill of indictment. You are faced with charges that you held really sumptuous celebrations on all holidays at your house. These two defendants procured the most luxurious foodstuffs and clothes from abroad. The prosecutor quotes Ceausescu, Ceausescu's program. Machine guns splattered against a background of church bells ringing in triumph. At that moment Elena says to Nicolae: Forget about them. Furnish proof! His security guard appears, disappears and, finally, hustles Ceausescu off the balcony. No one was shot. I do not recognize this court. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize this new forum. I will not speak with you provocateurs anymore, and I will not speak with the organizers of the putsch and with the mercenaries. The mighty Law of the Land is exposed as all bark and no bite; a fine they cant enforce. Those moments of Ceausescus weakness and the power of popular pressure explain why, a mere 48 hours later, Ceausescu was attempting to flee Romania, all power lost. Have you understood them? Because of the crimes they committed against the people, I plead, on behalf of the victims of these two tyrants, for the death sentence for the two defendants. ELENA CEAUESCU: How can one tell us something like this? A later article shows that Australia is moving toward purchasing Japanese submarines to replace its existing fleet. Forget the pontifications from the myriad talking heads on TV and radio. PROSECUTOR: This is how you worked with the people and exercised your functions! We want a legal trial. You have acted in a very irresponsible manner; you led the country to the verge of ruin and you will be convicted on the basis of the points contained in the bill of indictment. PROSECUTOR: By now, there have been 34 casualties. Sections in italic type are from Austrian television comentary: NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I only recognize the Grand National Assembly. TheWashington Timesreports that a top intelligence official is accusing the Obama admininistration of funding a terror network for the next ten years, alleging the administration paid a cash ransom to redeem Bowe Bergdahl. Elena and Nicolae reject this. The War of the Words for $3.99, Understanding the crisis of the early 21st century in terms of information corruption in the financial, security and political spheres The palaces belong to the people. Paper is patient. Another question to Ceauescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. The president of the United States is the commander in chief over all branches of the military. PROSECUTOR: This would serve your defense. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: We will discuss this before the Grand National Assembly. . The balcony where Ceauescu delivered his last speech, taken over by the crowd during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 The speech was typical of most of Ceauescu's speeches over the years. Furnish proof! Now we finally saw your villa on television, the golden plates from which you ate, the foodstuffs that you had imported, the luxurious celebrations, pictures from your luxurious celebrations. The court notes that the investigations have been concluded. We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws. PROSECUTOR: Let us now talk about the accounts in Switzerland, Mr. Ceausescu. The prosecutor says: The world already knows what has happened here. Mr Ceauescus overthrow followed a week of carnage in which thousands of men, women and children protesting against his regime were killed in cold blood, and probably tens of thousands wounded. The produce which the peasants grew was exported, and the peasants came from the most remote provinces to Bucharest and to the other cities in order to buy bread. "This is the final battle," he said. Sections in italic type are from the austrian television comentary: The crowd, now totaling up to 80,000, were given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. CEAUSESCU: I will answer any question, but only at the Grand National Assembly, before the representatives of the working class. Workers from a Bucharest power plant started chanting Ti-mi-oa-ra! Why did you starve the people? CEAUSESCU: She was not a deputy prime minister, but the first deputy prime minister. What should he ask us? PROSECUTOR: Whether you have ever had a mental illness. The Defence Minister, General Vasile Milea, was said to have committed suicide although it is equally possible he was shot by a member of the Ceauescu retinue. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Accounts in Switzerland? PROSECUTOR: Note: He does not recognize the points mentioned in the bill of indictment. Elena keeps whispering to him. We have sufficient data on this period. The final speech of the prosecutor follows: PROSECUTOR: It is very difficult for us to act, to pass a verdict on people who even now do not want to admit to the criminal offenses that they have committed during 25 years and admit to the genocide, not only in Timisoara and Bucharest, but primarily also to the criminal offenses committed during the past 25 years. He still considers himself to be the country's president and the commander in chief of the army. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize this court. Decembrie 25 1989 - Garnizoana Tirgoviste. Sudden realizations are like a crash; its not the fact of deceleration that is fatal so much as the suddenness of it. , Now career military personnel are speaking out through gritted teeth, insisting they speak for active-duty personnel who cannot talk without being punished. I will not speak with you provocateurs anymore, and I will not speak with the organizers of the putsch and with the mercenaries. Ceausescu's last speech was interrupted but not by the shouts of the masses. This is our home. I do not recognize the court. They were given red flags, banners and large pictures of Ceauescu and his wife. VIENNA, Austria (AP) _ For the first time that anybody could remember, Romanian President Nicolae Ceausescu was interrupted at a public speech by boos and jeers that began a huge demonstration against him in Bucharest Thursday. The prosecutor asks the counsel for the defense to ask Ceausescu whether he knows that he is no longer president of the country, that Elena Ceausescu has also lost all her official state functions and that the government has been dissolved. Workers from a Bucharest power plant started chanting "Ti-mi-oa-ra! As the crowd becomes more unruly, Ceausescu becomes more confused and he begins arguing with the unseen hecklers. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. Bucharests Broadcasting House was the main source of information yesterday for Romanians about the countrys liberation and the means by which politicians, military officers and dissidents tried to influence the situation. One of the first acts of the new leadership was to place the security forces, the dreaded Securitate, under control of the army. Teams of doctors with emergency medical supplies were being flown in from Geneva last night. PROSECUTOR: Esteemed Mr. Chairman, I have been one of those who, as a lawyer, would have liked to oppose the death sentence, because it is inhuman. ELENA CEAUSESCU: I will not answer. What prevents him from doing so? And you might perhaps have achieved the understanding of the Romanian people if you had now admitted your guilt. PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. Romania's dictator Nicolae Ceausescu's final speech (executed 12/25) More Notable Events on December 21: 1997 Detroit Lions Barry Sanders is 3rd to run for 2,000 yards in a season 1991 U.S. actress Jane Fonda marries CNN-director Ted Turner 1989 Dan Quayle sends out 30,000 Xmas cards with word beacon spelled beakon PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. . 20072021 Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media The notorious programme of razing villages in the countryside would be halted. PROSECUTOR: So far, they have always claimed that we have built this country, we have paid our debts, but with this they bled the country to death and have hoarded enough money to ensure their escape. Nicolae Ceauescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikola.e ta.uesku]; 26 January 1918 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the Secretary Gener. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Land of Green Plums, Mller, Herta at the best online prices at eBay! They not only killed children, young people and adults in Timisoara and Bucharest; they allowed Securitate members to wear military uniforms to create the impression among the people that the army is against them. A little noticed article in the, notes that Australia will support Japans effort to repeal its pacifist constitution. How can one say something like this? A flight into peril, flashbacks to underground action. I hope that you do not also work for the foreigners and for the destruction of Romania. In response, the two laugh, and she says: We do not stay abroad. The prosecutor cites all academic titles she had always claimed to have. He was Secre. PROSECUTOR: Nicolae Ceausescu should tell us why he does not answer our questions. Robert Ford, the former US ambassador to Syria, has effectively accused the Obama administration of abandoning genuinely pro-American rebels in Syria thereby allowing the ascendance of al-Qaeda. PROSECUTOR: This is how you worked with the people and exercised your functions! CEAUSESCU: No, we will not sign. At the moment the situation is rather uncertain. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway The prosecutor turns to Elena: You have always been wiser and more ready to talk, a scientist. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize you. You should have stayed in Iran where you had flown to. The prosecutor asks the counsel for the defense to ask Ceauescu whether he knows that he is no longer president of the country, that Elena Ceauescu has also lost all her official state functions and that the government has been dissolved. Another question . We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. Ti-mi-oa-ra! PROSECUTOR: Who gave the order to shoot in Bucharest, for instance? After an outage of transmission of Romanian television, the speaker announces the verdict in the trial of Elena and Nicolae Ceauescu is death sentence. This gang will be destroyed. No, no, he says. They were only busy enslaving the people and building up an apparatus of power. [3], From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core, The former headquarters of the Central Committee of the, File:Ceausescu Final Speech - Former Central Committee Building - Bucharest - Romania.jpg, Video of Ceausescus Last Speech, December 1989, Nicolae Ceauescu LAST SPEECH (english subtitles) 1/2, https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=Ceauescu%27s_final_speech&oldid=714636674, Articles with Romanian-language external links, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, About Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Such impudence! This is a vulgar provocation. And I also do not recognize the counsel for the defense. They not only deprived the people of heating, electricity, and foodstuffs, they also tyrannized the soul of the Romanian people. President Nicolae Ceauescu was overthrown yesterday and became a fugitive in the country he has ruled for 24 years as remnants of his personal troops fought bitter last battles with regular soldiers and demonstrators in the streets of the Romanian capital. CEAUSESCU: I do not answer, I will only answer questions before the Grand National Assembly. CEAUSESCU: Her scientific papers were published abroad! Tell us! Forget what the politicians on Capitol Hill are saying about the prisoner swap. One in four of the population is believed to have a member. PROSECUTOR: Yes, but you are paying the mercenaries. He still considers himself to be the country's president and the commander in chief of the army. And so should such reports chill one to the bone. The charges are incorrect, and I will not answer a single question here. Paper is patient. Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu appeared on the balcony of the Central Committee of Comunmunist Party of Romania building, in Bucharest, Romania, on 21 December 1989, and began as he had in years past, with a speech laden with the usual `wooden language`. The workers were augmented by bystanders who were rounded up on Calea Victoriei. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize this new forum. PROSECUTOR: The people are fighting against you, not against the new forum. What happened? Then he is treated like a normal citizen. It must be cleared up whether Ceausescu wants to, should, must or can answer at all. Later reports suggested the couple had been captured. Fuelled by the events taking place in Berlin (the wall had come down just a few weeks before) and the ripple impact of the weakening Iron Curtain, Romanians had taken to the streets in . They will receive a link in their email and it will automatically give them access to a Kindle reader on their smartphone, computer or even as a web-readable document. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Incredible. Therefore, it is a mistake for the two accused to refuse to cooperate with us. Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obamas Impeachment Elena answers: The intellectuals of this country should hear you, you and your colleagues. Defendant, if you had no accounts in Switzerland, will you sign a statement confirming that the money that may be in Switzerland should be transferred to the Romanian state, the State Bank. That is why the people are fighting all over the country. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: Her scientific papers were published abroad! PROSECUTOR: Please, make a note: Nicolae Ceausescu refuses to cooperate with the court-appointed counsel for the defense. Have you understood them? All their property will be impounded. PROSECUTOR: Well, Mr. PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? You have information about it. A later article shows that Australia is moving toward. ELENA CEAUESCU: Incredible. Judecator Gica POPA. One day Obama may wake up and find the alliances just gone. The day began as it ended with vehement anti-Ceauescu demonstrations. Free elections would be held as soon as possible, and independent media would be established. As a simple citizen, I tell you the following: For the first time I guaranteed that every peasant received 200 kilograms of wheat per person, not per family, and that he is entitled to more. However, they will be indicted, and a sentence will be passed on the basis of the new legal system. Nobody is likely to rise up and become a Man on Horseback. Elena and Nicolae Ceasescu state: Well, you told us about it. The final speech of the prosecutor follows: PROSECUTOR: It is very difficult for us to act, to pass a verdict on people who even now do not want to admit to the criminal offenses that they have committed during 25 years and admit to the genocide, not only in Timisoara and Bucharest, but primarily also to the criminal offenses committed during the past 25 years. In the wake of growing tension over an uprising in Timioara in which thousands were reportedly killed, Ceauescu decided to give a nationally televised speech before a crowd in Palace Square . The people were slaves. It doesnt happen as one big wave. Elena and Nicolae Ceauescu state: Well, you told us about it. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: She was not a deputy prime minister, but the first deputy prime minister. These two defendants have robbed the people, and not even today do they want to talk. They are not only accused of offenses committed during the past few days, but of offenses committed during the past 25 years. The prosecutor agrees, but stresses that they lived in them while the people suffered. No one can ask Bergdahl, since he is now reported as being unable to speak to anyone including his family. Here Nicolae Ceausescu steps in and defends her. In 1947, King Michael showed more dignity than you. Thirty years on, will the guilty pay for horror of Ceauescu orphanages? PROSECUTOR: Yes, but you are paying the mercenaries. The following is a transscript of the closed trial of Romanian Dictator Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife, Elena, as shown on Romanian and Austrian television. This is where President Ceausescu gave his final speech in December 1989, before fleeing Bucharest. Whatever the reason, the result is that the penalty will raise $27 billion less over the next decade than the CBO had originally expected. George thought about it for awhile and concluded he just couldnt. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize this court. And today you are acting in the same megalomaniac way. About We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. What may happen of course, is that like a frog slowly being boiled in a pot, the process happens so slowly that people arent aware of it themselves. Frederich Hayek identified the primary reason why tyrants fall: they rely on the poisoned cup of centralized knowledge. Just a genteel, inoffensive refusal from an old gent. Eight minutes into the speech, some in the crowd actually began to scream because there was a shooting that occurred in the background. By the way, I will not answer any more questions. PROSECUTOR: Will you sign the statement now or not? And we will not betray our people here. "Stenographic transcript of meeting of the Executive Committee of the Central Committee of the Romanian Communist Party," August 17, 1968, History . Witnesses saw scores of people shot down in the centre of Bucharest in the evening and around the burning royal palace where the Ceauescu family had made their home. I ask the court, as the plaintiff, to take note that proof has been furnished for all these points, that the two have committed the offenses mentioned. This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content. I will not answer you putschists, Ceauescu says. Because of this indictment, I call for the death sentence and the impounding of the entire property of the two accused. You held monologues and the people had to applaud, like in the rituals of tribal people. You see, there is no use in talking to these people. No one can deprive me of these functions. But we are not talking about people. PROSECUTOR: That is to say, as a deputy prime minister you did not know about the genocide? 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NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize you. ELENA CEAUESCU: I will not answer. Ceauescu's speech of 21 August 1968 [English Subtitles] Transcrierea discursului lui Ceauescu: 01:08 Nicolae Ceauescu: Dragi tovari. Storm Over The South China Sea Sections in italic type are from the austrian television comentary: NICOLAE CEAUSESCU: I only recognize the Grand National Assembly. The great Ceauescu escape attempt came after it had become clear that most of the army had gone over to the people. How can one say something like this? PROSECUTOR: Note the following: the defendant refuses to sign this statement. The Securitate had hidden food reserves on which Bucharest could have survived for months, the whole of Bucharest. He was arrested and imprisoned multiple times. CEAUSESCU: I will not answer this question. The truth shall set you free, even if it makes you miserable. PROSECUTOR: Children cannot even buy plain candy, and you are living in the palaces of the people. They are cowards. Despite this, I ask the court to make a decision which we will be able to justify later as well. What about the accounts? KGB technicians and agents made one of the most brilliant moves and played a recording of whistles and protests through installed speakers in the square. They wanted to separate the people from the army. This year, the crowd begins to chant unscripted comments back at the dictator. [1] The crowd, now totaling up to 80,000, were given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide in Timisoara? NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer this question. Please make a note that here it has been stated that all legal regulations have been observed, that this is a legal trial. I just couldnt convince myself to do it., He is not alone. This shows how little patriotism there is, how many treasonable offenses were committed. This shows again how false the charges are. In the wake of growing tension over an uprising in Timioara in which thousands were reportedly killed, Ceauescu decided to give a nationally televised speech before a crowd in Palace Square (now known as Revolution Square) in Bucharest. No truth, no survival. PROSECUTOR: This situation is known. I now ask the court to pass a verdict on the basis of the law, because everybody must receive due punishment for the offenses he has committed. PROSECUTOR: In the same way he refused to hold a dialogue with the people, now he also refuses to speak with us. Why did you starve the people? His country passed from traditional monarchy to troubled democracy to royal dictatorship to military control to occupied territory. CEAUSESCU: No, we had no palaces. You cannot talk to me in such a way! Any actual attempts to fine 30 million Americans would end in a political disaster. Immediately before them were plainclothes Securitate agents and a row of police militia, who kept the mass of the crowd about thirty yards back from the front of the Central Committee building. The catastrophic situation of the country is known all over the world. PROSECUTOR: We now have another leading organ. When the crisis comes the Leader Maximus discovers to his absolute surprise that all support has vanished. Every honest citizen who worked hard here until 22 December knows that we do not have medicines, that you two have killed children and other people in this way, that there is nothing to eat, no heating, no electricity. The video- shown live on Romanian television-- shows his confusion and consternation and the barely audible comments. Description One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescu's December 21st speech (or lack thereof). Ceausescu refused to answer. No one wanted to do anything for you anymore. You have destroyed the Romanian villages and the Romanian soil. It is a lie that I made the people starve. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize this court. The English translation is by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. PROSECUTOR: We have wonderful programs. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize this court. Every honest citizen who worked hard here until 22 December knows that we do not have medicines, that you two have killed children and other people in this way, that there is nothing to eat, no heating, no electricity. Only a president who is still confirmed in his position can demand to speak at the Grand National Assembly. He then tried to placate the crowd by offering to raise workers salaries He did not realize, however, that a real revolution was starting before his eyes. This year, the crowd begins to chant unscripted comments back at the dictator. PROSECUTOR: Why do you think that people are fighting today? PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide in Timisoara? Why do the peasants then buy their bread in Bucharest? But who gave the order to shoot? A photo of a television screen of Nicolae Ceauescu delivering his last public speech from the balcony of the Romanian Communist Party headquarters, 21 December 1989. Bucharest television said that they had left the country. It was one of the most pivotal moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. A tyrant stops knowing the difference. It was one of the most pivotal moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Here Nicolae Ceauescu steps in and defends her. In the essay The Use of Knowledge in Society, Hayek argued that in complex systems the relevant facts are dispersed among many people. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not answer, I will only answer questions before the Grand National Assembly. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17U.S.C. The people only received 200 grams per day, against an identity card. After an outage of transmission of Romanian television, the speaker announces the verdict in the trial of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu is death sentence. The crimes against the people grew year by year. ALISON SMALE December 21, 1989. He had been falling for a long time, and proved the last to know. You, as a scientist, did you know about it? Military base Tirgoviste - December 25th 1989. Ceauescu appeared on the balcony of the Central Committee building and began as he had in years past, with a speech laden with the usual Marxist-Leninist wooden language. However, he had badly misread the crowds mood. They were not really interested in the people. It can go on for a long time shedding parts, but eventually the axle falls out. has openly accused president Obama as unable to lead in world. Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban I will only speak in front of it. Are they the people, or are you paying them? Do you want to sign this statement? But rebellion begins involuntarily, at the Hayekian level. Then follows the reading of the indictment. But who gave the order to shoot? The front rows of the assembly were made up of low-level Communist Party officials and members who acted as cheer-leaders. The new committee declared its immediate aim was an end to the cult of personality which had developed around the Ceauescu family. "a chant that was soon picked up by others in the crowd. The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. I only recognize the working class and the Grand National Assembly no one else. Elena answers: The intellectuals of this country should hear you, you and your colleagues. At some point the entire structure of governance becomes a system of workarounds with all real power devolved to the man on the ground. Now the counsel for the defense, who was appointed by the court, asks whether Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu know the aforementioned facts -- that he is no longer president, that she has lost all official functions.
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