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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. First their narratives become so infested with lies they go out of sync with their own administrators on the ground. PROSECUTOR: And who wrote the papers for you, Elena? PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide in Timisoara? Here Nicolae Ceauescu steps in and defends her. Making use of Marxist-Leninist rhetoric, he delivered a litany of the achievements of the "socialist revolution" and Romanian "multi-laterally developed . They used to fetch people from orphans' homes or from abroad whom they trained in special institutions to become murderers of their own people. By 6 pm, Romanian television was broadcasting live reports of victory rallies attended by thousands in Bucharest. ELENA CEAUESCU: We will not sign any statement. 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. Elena says: Look, and that they are calling genocide. As a result, the prosecutor says: Elena has always been talkative, but otherwise she does not know much. And today you are acting in the same megalomaniac way. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No one recognizes that. PROSECUTOR: Nicolae Ceausescu should tell us why he does not answer our questions. He would be executed a few days later. The prosecutor wants to find out on which basis the trial can be continued. He answers: I am the president of Romania, and I am the commander in chief of the Romanian army. 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. One announcer called it the heart of our nation. This page was last edited on 8 October 2016, at 23:48. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize this court. Only the front rows supported Ceauescu with cheers and applause, with most of the crowd remaining impassive. PROSECUTOR: This situation is known. Everybody should be paid according to his performance. He still considers himself to be the country's president and the commander in chief of the army. All their property will be impounded. Frederich Hayek identified the primary reason why tyrants fall: they rely on the poisoned cup of centralized knowledge. This is where President Ceausescu gave his final speech in December 1989, before fleeing Bucharest. The following is a transcript of the closed trial of Romanian Dictator Nicolae Ceauescu and his wife, Elena, as shown on Romanian and Austrian television. The destruction of buildings and state institutions, undermining of the national economy, in accordance with Articles 165 and 145 of the penal code. The story of Ceauescu's final speech is a textbook example. They carried out acts that are incompatible with human dignity and social thinking; they acted in a despotic and criminal way; they destroyed the people whose leaders they claimed to be. This year, the crowd begins to chant unscripted comments back at the dictator. They were even worse than the king, the former king of Romania. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? He still considers himself to be the country's president and the commander in chief of the army. The National Salvation Front is now our supreme body. They organized the putsch. Nicolae Ceauescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikola.e tea.uesku]; 26 January 1918 -- 25 December 1989) was a Romanian Communist politician. They were only busy enslaving the people and building up an apparatus of power. Why did you ruin the country so much: Why did you export everything? Ford said of his resignation,I was no longer in a position where I felt I could defend the American policy. Sooner or later inability to credit yoga or videos produced in Los Angeles as actual factors becomes more and more widespread. ELENA CEAUSESCU: How can one tell us something like this? No one can ask Bergdahl, since he is now reported as being unable to speak to anyone including his family. The details are known. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not sign anything. ELENA CEAUESCU: Such impudence! 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. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not say anything more. PROSECUTOR: Did you hear the charges? UNIDENTIFIED SPEAKER: Mr. President, I would like to know something: The accused should tell us who the mercenaries are. Ceauescu claims that the putsch was organized from abroad. For example, there isa silent falling away among American allies. A later article shows that Australia is moving toward. Ceausescu relates his recent meeting with Dubcek in Prague in August 1968. We have sacrificed all our lives to the people. A lie, a lie in my face. Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers The president of the United States is the commander in chief over all branches of the military. As the other primary sources reveal, the Ceausescus were tried a few days later and executed as enemies of the new Romanian state. Centralized regimes may seem to collapse suddenly, yet in reality they have been coming apart for a long time. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: As a citizen, as a simple citizen, I tell you the following: At no point was there such an upswing, so much construction, so much consolidation in the Romanian provinces. Fanatics, whom you are paying. This is a vulgar provocation. They organized the putsch. Within hours Ceauescu was beseiged inside the Central Committee building by irate crowds. 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 . NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer. PROSECUTOR: Mr. Chairman, we find the two accused guilty of having committed criminal actions according to the following articles of the penal code: Articles 162, 163, 165 and 357. But those who shot at the young people were the security men, the terrorists. One day Obama may wake up and find the alliances just gone. And Elena says: It is incredible what they are inventing, incredible. 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 Ceauescus to death. ELENA CEAUSESCU: The intelligentsia of the country will hear what you are accusing us of. They were only busy enslaving the people and building up an apparatus of power. It is a lie that I made the people starve. I ask the chairman of the prosecutor's office to read the bill of indictment. The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. But we are not talking about people. Have you understood them? PROSECUTOR: Mr. Chairman, we find the two accused guilty of having committed criminal actions according to the following articles of the penal code: Articles 162, 163, 165 and 357. 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 prosecutor wants to find out on which basis the trial can be continued. The court notes that the investigations have been concluded. I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. I guaranteed that every village has its schools, hospitals and doctors. Why did you ruin the country so much: Why did you export everything? NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, we had no palaces. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Such impudence! They have lost all respect for their commander in chief. Why did you make the peasants starve? One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescus December 21st speech (or lack thereof). The prosecutor says: The world already knows what has happened here. I told you right at the beginning that I will not answer a single question. The truth shall set you free, even if it makes you miserable. You see, there is no use in talking to these people. I will only speak at the Grand National Assembly. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: What an obscene provocation. But we are not talking about people. Elena answers: The intellectuals of this country should hear you, you and your colleagues. I will not say anything here. 20072021 Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media What about the accounts? As the crowd becomes more unruly, Ceausescu becomes more confused and he begins arguing with the unseen hecklers. The prosecutor agrees, but stresses that they lived in them while the people suffered. PROSECUTOR: We have wonderful programs. Nobody has the right to abolish the Grand National Assembly. "This is the final battle," he said. But who gave the order to shoot? He refused to undergo a psychiatric examination. The collapse of the narrative doesnt happen in a single big step, but through an accumulation of small, personal, often innocuous refusals. The Man at the Top increasingly pulls on disconnected controls, yet still imagines he is in charge. A later article shows that Australia is moving toward purchasing Japanese submarines to replace its existing fleet. Whatever the reason, the result is that the penalty will raise $27 billion less over the next decade than the CBO had originally expected. Another question to Ceauescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. PROSECUTOR: Children cannot even buy plain candy, and you are living in the palaces of the people. However, there is a difference between real sickness that must be treated and mental insanity which leads to corresponding actions, but which is denied by the person in question. I will not speak with you provocateurs anymore, and I will not speak with the organizers of the putsch and with the mercenaries. Romanian demonstrators gathered in front of the headquarters of the Romanian Communist Party in Bucharest during the 1989 anti-communist revolution, 22 December 1989. We have data concerning both of them. PROSECUTOR: Did you hear the charges? 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. PROSECUTOR: Yes, but you are paying the mercenaries. Are they the people, or are you paying them? We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. And who brought them into the country? PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? They not only deprived the people of heating, electricity, and foodstuffs, they also tyrannized the soul of the Romanian people. You cannot talk to me in such a way! No one can deprive me of these functions. We want a legal trial. The Times of Israel quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. It must be cleared up whether Ceauescu wants to, should, must or can answer at all. This was a coup d'etat. In addition, the law forbids the IRS from using its normal enforcement tools to collect unpaid penalties. 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. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to ensure both success and the appearance of popular support. If he no longer has a certain function, he cannot demand anything at all. PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. CEAUSESCU: I do not answer, I will only answer questions before the Grand National Assembly. 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. For example, George Ciampa, an 89-year old D-Day veteran refused an invitation to meet with President Obama at the White House. The English translation is by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Eight minutes into the speech, some in the crowd actually began to scream because there was a shooting that occurred in the background. You told us about it here. ELENA CEAUSESCU: The terrorists are from Securitate. It is simply an accumulation of multitudes ignoring the official line bit by bit and thereby gradually placing themselves unwittingly in opposition to it. Forget the pontifications from the myriad talking heads on TV and radio. After many people began to exit the square, Ceauescu shouted over the public address system for them to "remain seated". Elena says: Look, and that they are calling genocide. Absolute Power: The Astonishing Personal Photos Of Nicolae Ceausescu Storm Over the South China Sea $0.99, how China is restarting history in the Pacific Like a jalopy falling apart on the road, dropping a screw here and a spring there, the Obama administration is gradually shaking itself to pieces. PROSECUTOR: Will you sign the statement now or not? What happened was that he was misled by Centralized Information. PROSECUTOR: We have always spoken of equality. 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. One momentCeauescu was in total control of Romania, determined to crush his enemies. PROSECUTOR: Note - He does not recognize the points mentioned in the bill of indictment. Stanley double-crossed Richard at the crucial moment. ALISON SMALE December 21, 1989. The English translation is by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Share . . A little noticed article in the Sydney Morning Herald notes that Australia will support Japans effort to repeal its pacifist constitution. PROSECUTOR: Why do you think that people are fighting today? Soon afterwards, Bucharest television reported that Mr Ceauescu and his wife were no longer in the country. 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. Nicolae Ceauescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikola.e ta.uesku]; 26 January 1918 25 December 1989) was a Romanian politician who was the Secretary Gener. The people only received 200 grams per day, against an identity card. No truth, no survival. Forget what the politicians on Capitol Hill are saying about the prisoner swap. You cannot talk to me in such a way! This is not possible. And you might perhaps have achieved the understanding of the Romanian people if you had now admitted your guilt. They were not really interested in the people. Sooner or later an administration neuters itself from sheer implausibility. About NICOLAE CEAUESCU: What? PROSECUTOR: This would serve your defense. PROSECUTOR: We now have another leading organ. PROSECUTOR: Who ordered shooting into the crowd? 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. The slippage that attracts the most attention of course, is discontent within the United States military. Workers from a Bucharest power plant started chanting "Ti-mi-oa-ra! Just a genteel, inoffensive refusal from an old gent. Why did you make the peasants starve? Judecator Gica POPA. I will not answer you putschists, Ceauescu says. Its not that we dont want to respect the commander-in-chief, one told me sadly. Furnish proof! And Elena says: It is incredible what they are inventing, incredible. Everybody should be paid according to his performance. If you had had a mental illness and admitted this, you would not be responsible for your acts. Recent items of interest by Belmont readers based on Amazon click-throughs. A tyrant stops knowing the difference. No one wanted to do anything for you anymore. Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. He had been falling for a long time, and proved the last to know. It doesnt happen as one big wave. PROSECUTOR: Why do you think that people are fighting today? Who pays them? In 1947, we assumed power, but under completely different circumstances. It should be stated once and for all that this military court is absolutely legal and that the former positions of the two Ceausescus are no longer valid. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: This is not possible at all. The atmosphere was one of jubilation, and the over-riding feeling among the thousands celebrating in the city centre before the shooting began was one of undiluted triumph. CEAUSESCU: Nu recunosc nici un tribunal in afara de Marea Adunare Nationala. Diane Dimond writes in Real Clear Politicsabout the low level grumbling that risen to detectable levels since the Bergdahl affair. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to insure both success and the appearance of popular support. From the archive, 23 December 1989: Celebration as a nation emerges from the dark, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Ceausescu's last speech was interrupted but not by the shouts of the masses. The recent Bergdahl prisoner swap in which five hardened Taliban terrorists were released from prison is rubbing a lot of the military veterans attending D-Day events the wrong way. The prosecutor turns to Elena: You have always been wiser and more ready to talk, a scientist. The English translation is by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. PROSECUTOR: Will you sign the statement now or not? ELENA CEAUESCU: What genocide? Tip Jar or Subscribe or Unsubscribe to the Belmont Club. The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli 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. PROSECUTOR: Please, make a note: Nicolae Ceauescu refuses to cooperate with the court-appointed counsel for the defense. Tell the people that I will answer all their questions. I am the president of the people. Ceauescus hated son, Nicu, a one-time candidate to follow his father as the countrys leader, was said to have been arrested in the city of Sibiu as he was trying to take hostages. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? What prevents him from doing so? Trump says "this is the final battle" as he lays out grievances, 2024 [2], 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 "wooden language." What do you say as a citizen? You are guilty of these offenses even if you do not want to admit it. Ceauescu refused to answer. Faithless Execution: Building the Political Case for Obamas Impeachment The people only received 200 grams per day, against an identity card. PROSECUTOR: We now have another leading organ. Fiction. 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 We have sufficient data on this period. PROSECUTOR: The Grand National Assembly has been dissolved. The palaces belong to the people. PROSECUTOR: Please, make a note: Nicolae Ceausescu refuses to cooperate with the court-appointed counsel for the defense. I just couldnt convince myself to do it., He is not alone. PROSECUTOR: In the same way he refused to hold a dialogue with the people, now he also refuses to speak with us. 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. The great Ceauescu escape attempt came after it had become clear that most of the army had gone over to the people. I am a member and the chairwoman of the Academy of Sciences. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not answer, I will only answer questions before the Grand National Assembly. 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. They are not only accused of offenses committed during the past few days, but of offenses committed during the past 25 years. You need not admit your mistakes, mister. Transcript of the trial of Nicolae and E. Ceausescu They obstructed the normal process of the economy. Sections in italic type are from Austrian television comentary: Who pays them? Did you know that you can purchase some of these books and pamphlets by Richard Fernandez and share them with you friends? Transcript of the closed trial of Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu, https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Transcript_of_the_closed_trial_of_Nicolae_and_Elena_Ceauescu&oldid=6470911, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Then he is treated like a normal citizen. Its bulletins provide a dramatic account of the most important day in Romanias history since the Communist takeover in 1948. Getting a shut-off notice from a utility is also sufficient to claim a hardship exemption. Only a president who is still confirmed in his position can demand to speak at the Grand National Assembly. This source is a part of the The Romanian Revolution of 1989 teaching module. Who are these fanatics? NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I repeat: I am the president of Romania and the commander in chief of the Romanian army. 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. Ceauescu's speech of 21 August 1968 [English Subtitles] Transcrierea discursului lui Ceauescu: 01:08 Nicolae Ceauescu: Dragi tovari. PROSECUTOR: That is to say, as a deputy prime minister you did not know about the genocide? . They not only deprived the people of heating, electricity and foodstuffs, they also tyrannized the soul of the Romanian people. Sections in italic type are from Austrian television comentary: NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I only recognize the Grand National Assembly. 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. You were so impertinent as to cut off oxygen lines in hospitals and to shoot people in their hospital beds. But their triumph was marred by the first confused reports of fresh bloodshed in the early evening following heavy machine-gun fire in Bucharests Republic Square. Elena and Nicolae Ceauescu should be punished in a really legal trial. What defamation, what provocations! He was Secre. The court notes that the investigations have been concluded. And I also do not recognize the counsel for the defense. In the footage, Romanian president Nicolae Ceausescu can be seen delivering a speech from the balcony of the Central Committee building overlooking Palace Square, now know as "Revolution Square," where he praised the achievements of Romania's socialist regime and its "multi-laterally developed socialist society." From Wikipedia: 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. In 1947, we assumed power, but under completely different circumstances. I only recognize the working class and the Grand National Assembly -- no one else. CEAUSESCU: No one recognizes that. No Way In at Amazon Kindle $8.95, print $9.99. PROSECUTOR: Do you not know anything about the order to shoot? They cultivated the soil in line with your orders and had nothing to eat. PROSECUTOR: And who heads Securitate? Elena and Nicolae Ceasescu state: Well, you told us about it. PROSECUTOR: Well, Mr. CEAUSESCU: No, we had no palaces. PROSECUTOR: Children cannot even buy plain candy, and you are living in the palaces of the people. Elena Ceauescu's last moments were as pathetic as one could imagine. PROSECUTOR: This situation is known. 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. I will only speak in front of it. Now we are making a last attempt. What defamation, what provocations! PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceausescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. Elena keeps whispering to him. The front rows of the assembly were made up of low-level Communist Party officials and members who acted as cheer-leaders. Romania's Lying, Thieving, Widely Hated First Lady | OZY It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. PROSECUTOR: The people are fighting against you, not against the new forum. All the world should know what is going on here. CEAUSESCU: I will not answer. Nicolae Ceausescu - Last Speech, Trial and Execution - YouTube 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. PROSECUTOR: And who wrote the papers for you, Elena? You told us about it here. I will only speak in front of it. CEAUSESCU: This is not possible at all. But rebellion begins involuntarily, at the Hayekian level. "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). 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. . The charges are incorrect, and I will not answer a single question here. Paper is patient. After an outage of transmission of Romanian television, the speaker announces the verdict in the trial of Elena and Nicolae Ceauescu is death sentence. I guaranteed that every village has its schools, hospitals and doctors. . Perhaps the biggest example of thisis a CBO report that while 30 million people will technically be liable to pay the Obamacare Individual Mandate fine but in practice all but 4 million will have their fines waived or exempted. Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. Ceauescu's final speech is a speech delivered by Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauescu on 21 December 1989. This gang will be destroyed. 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. One moment Ceauescu was in total control of Romania, determined to crush his enemies. Shakespeare dramatized the turnabout in his famous scene. 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. 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. No one can dissolve the National Assembly. No one was shot. 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. Thousands of workers were bussed into the square under threat of being fired. This demonstrates their lack of understanding. This is a legal trial, and I honor them by defending them. And I also do not recognize the counsel for the defense.

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