All strategic points in the country were said to be under the control of the people. PROSECUTOR: This situation is known. Rebranding Christianity (The World of Information) NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not sign anything. 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 . This occurs when the official line becomes so ridiculous that ordinary people dont even realize they are falling out of step with the Party Line. After many people began to exit the square, Ceauescu shouted over the public address system for them to "remain seated". CEAUSESCU: No one recognizes that. This is a legal trial, and I honor them by defending them. 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 Times of Israel quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. 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: You have never been able to hold a dialogue with the people. He answers: I am the president of Romania, and I am the commander in chief of the Romanian army. PROSECUTOR: Nicolae Ceausescu should tell us why he does not answer our questions. ELENA CEAUSESCU: The intelligentsia of the country will hear what you are accusing us of. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, we had no palaces. Centralized regimes may seem to collapse suddenly, yet in reality they have been coming apart for a long time. Paper is patient. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I repeat: I am the president of Romania and the commander in chief of the Romanian army. Another question to Ceauescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. Ceausescu refused to answer. . Plenara Comitetului Central al Partidului, Consiliul de Stat, Guvernul, repr. Another question . Workers, military units and other popular organizations were bused to the capitol and given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. 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. This work is a translation and has a separate copyright status to the applicable copyright protections of the original content. Its just that he makes it so hard to do so.. PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. I am a member and the chairwoman of the Academy of Sciences. 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. PROSECUTOR: We have wonderful programs. Why did you starve the people? One day Obama may wake up and find the alliances just gone. Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. Now the counsel for the defense, who was appointed by the court, asks whether Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu know the aforementioned facts that he is no longer president, that she has lost all official functions. PROSECUTOR: In all district capitals, which you grandly called municipalities, there is shooting going on. In 1947, we assumed power, but under completely different circumstances. We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. Only the front rows supported Ceauescu with cheers and applause, with most of the crowd remaining impassive. The court notes that the investigations have been concluded. PROSECUTOR: Yes, but you are paying the mercenaries. His security guard appears, disappears and, finally, hustles Ceausescu off the balcony. We have sufficient data on this period. Ceausescu and his wife were later captured, tried, and executed. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, no. One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescus December 21st speech (or lack thereof). ELENA CEAUSESCU: Incredible. 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. This is not possible. And you might perhaps have achieved the understanding of the Romanian people if you had now admitted your guilt. I will not speak with you provocateurs anymore, and I will not speak with the organizers of the putsch and with the mercenaries. It is as if, in that moment, everyday Romanian's saw the possibility, saw the reality of the weakness of Ceausescus regime. Copyright 2023 PJMedia.com/Salem Media. We want a legal trial. Ceauescu answers: As I said before, the people are fighting for their freedom and against this putsch, against this usurpation. We must not allow the slightest impression of illegality to emerge. What should he ask us? Her husband, Nicolae. The truth shall set you free, even if it makes you miserable. Ti-mi-oa-ra!a chant that was soon picked up by others in the crowd. The prosecutor agrees, but stresses that they lived in them while the people suffered. Then follows the reading of the indictment. They are not only accused of offenses committed during the past few days, but of offenses committed during the past 25 years. The archive focuses largely on the period from 1965, when Romania was ruled over by the Ceausescus, until. Who are these fanatics? Now we are making a last attempt. But who gave the order to shoot? The defendant has not recognized us. ELENA CEAUESCU: Such impudence! I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. ELENA CEAUESCU: I will not answer. quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. There is still shooting going on, the prosecutor says. Two: Armed attack on the people and the state power, in accordance with Article 163 of the penal code. Transcriptul "procesului" Nicolae si Elena Ceausescu. When the crisis comes the Leader Maximus discovers to his absolute surprise that all support has vanished. Two: Armed attack on the people and the state power, in accordance with Article 163 of the penal code. What do you think? The counsel for the defense now takes the floor and instructs the Ceauescus once again that they have the right to defense and that they should accept this right. The people were slaves. Here Nicolae Ceausescu steps in and defends her. PROSECUTOR: You claim to have taken measures so that every peasant is entitled to 200 kilograms of wheat. If he no longer has a certain function, he cannot demand anything at all. I would not call for the death sentence, but it would be incomprehensible for the Romanian people to have to go on suffering this great misery and not to have it ended by sentencing the two Ceausescus to death. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. Now we are making a last attempt. It is a lie that I made the people starve. I do not recognize the court. 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. You are faced with charges that you held really sumptuous celebrations on all holidays at your house. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. The trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu was held on 25 December 1989 by an Exceptional Military Tribunal, a drumhead court-martial created at the request of a newly formed group called the National Salvation Front. You have destroyed the Romanian villages and the Romanian soil. JUDECATORUL: Va rog sa luati loc. PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? It doesnt happen as one big wave. Share . PROSECUTOR: That is to say, as a deputy prime minister you did not know about the genocide? "Video of Ceausescus Last Speech, December 1989," Making the History of 1989, Item #696, https://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/696 (accessed May 28 2021, 3:24 pm). PROSECUTOR: And who heads Securitate? This source is a part of the The Romanian Revolution of 1989 teaching module. Then follows the reading of the indictment. Another question to Ceausescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. PROSECUTOR: This is how you worked with the people and exercised your functions! No one can deprive me of these functions. They are shooting at children; they are shooting arbitrarily into the apartments. , 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. It must be cleared up whether Ceauescu wants to, should, must or can answer at all. The defendant has not recognized us. You were so impertinent as to cut off oxygen lines in hospitals and to shoot people in their hospital beds. You, as a scientist, did you know about it? 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. We have sufficient data on this period. This shows again how false the charges are. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize this court. Powered by Omeka, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media. A caretaker government was announced within an hour of the dictators capture. And today you are acting in the same megalomaniac way. 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: Who ordered shooting into the crowd? We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. I will only speak at the Grand National Assembly. You should have stayed in Iran where you had flown to. They organized the putsch. Tell the people that I will answer all their questions. Mystery surrounded the whereabouts of the former President and his wife, Elena, last night. PROSECUTOR: Who gave the order to shoot in Bucharest, for instance? Whatever the reason, the result is that the penalty will raise $27 billion less over the next decade than the CBO had originally expected. His security guard appears, disappears and, finally, hustles Ceausescu off the balcony. Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban 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 I just couldnt convince myself to do it., He is not alone. But those who shot at the young people were the security men, the terrorists. Central planning in economics leads to a mismatch in prices and a collapse in the economy while a Central Narrative in politics leads to an increased incidence of involuntary rebellion. The process usually follows this path. Ti-mi-oa-ra! 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. Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers . The counsel for the defense now takes the floor and instructs the Ceausescus once again that they have the right to defense and that they should accept this right. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer this question. And I also do not recognize the counsel for the defense. ELENA CEAUSESCU: How can one tell us something like this? 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. These two defendants procured the most luxurious foodstuffs and clothes from abroad. PROSECUTOR: Please, make a note: Nicolae Ceauescu refuses to cooperate with the court-appointed counsel for the defense. For example, there isa silent falling away among American allies.
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