Romanian Public Protests

**edyzmedieval** · 02-02-2017, 15:14

300.000 people protested last night in the streets against the government and the corruption.

The government said it won't back down.

So more protests and more pressure will follow.

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 02-02-2017, 15:49

Firstly - sorry, when I said "Parliament" I meant "Cabinet".

My understanding is your President is against this, can't he do anything to at least slow down the enacting od the law?

Also - keep at it - dig your heals in. Please don't burn too much of Bucharest though, I plan to visit one day.

**Kralizec** · 02-02-2017, 23:49

I'll certainly be following this. Good luck to the Romanians on the street

**Sarmatian** · 02-03-2017, 09:54

Originally Posted by Philippus Flavius Homovallumus

Also - keep at it - dig your heals in. Please don't burn too much of Bucharest though, I plan to visit one day.

Precisely what I was gonna say. Don't let them get away with it.

**Dâriûsh** · 02-04-2017, 19:39

Looks like the protests worked.

**Montmorency** · 02-04-2017, 19:57

Originally Posted by Dâriûsh

Looks like the protests worked.

On one hand, it's hard to believe a prodigal government returning on the back of widespread popular support for a long tenure could misuse that capital so catastrophically, so fast.

is there anything (else) sub rosa going on in the legislature to take advantage of the commotion, perhaps?

**Philippus Flavius Homovallumus** · 02-05-2017, 00:12

Originally Posted by Montmorency

On one hand, it's hard to believe a prodigal government returning on the back of widespread popular support for a long tenure could misuse that capital so catastrophically, so fast.

is there anything (else) sub rosa going on in the legislature to take advantage of the commotion, perhaps?

Entrenched privilege is a strange thing.

They just got reelected - so clearly people want more graft in their government, given that the last lot were about less graft.