ceausescu last speech transcript

It doesnt happen as one big wave. [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." They are not only accused of offenses committed during the past few days, but of offenses committed during the past 25 years. This is a legal trial, and I honor them by defending them. The entire intelligentsia of the country ran away. I have observed that she is not even able to read correctly, but she calls herself an university graduate. But who gave the order to shoot? Sudden realizations are like a crash; its not the fact of deceleration that is fatal so much as the suddenness of it. They are shooting at children; they are shooting arbitrarily into the apartments. I will not answer any question. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? 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. And Elena says: It is incredible what they are inventing, incredible. One of the first acts of the new leadership was to place the security forces, the dreaded Securitate, under control of the army. Immediately before them were plainclothes Securitate agents and a row of police militia, who kept the mass of the crowd about thirty meters back from the front of the Central Committee building. 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: The court notes that the investigations have been concluded. We want a legal trial. It is as if, in that moment, everyday Romanian's saw the possibility, saw the reality of the weakness of Ceausescus regime. What happened? NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer. Transcriptul "procesului" Nicolae si Elena Ceausescu. Why did you make the peasants starve? 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. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. No one can deprive me of these functions. Therefore, it is a mistake for the two accused to refuse to cooperate with us. The charges are incorrect, and I will not answer a single question here. 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. Another question to Ceausescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. 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. What defamation, what provocations! Storm Over the South China Sea $0.99, how China is restarting history in the Pacific PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. His security guard appears, disappears and, finally, hustles Ceausescu off the balcony. 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. This was a coup d'etat. I will not speak with you provocateurs anymore, and I will not speak with the organizers of the putsch and with the mercenaries. I hope that you do not also work for the foreigners and for the destruction of Romania. I have done everything to create a decent and rich life for the people in the country, like in no other country in the world. 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. You held monologues and the people had to applaud, like in the rituals of tribal people. 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. Later reports suggested the couple had been captured. Bundled in drab winter clothing, she was shoved around by armed guards inside a cold, empty building. You, as a scientist, did you know about it? This is not possible. CEAUSESCU: Her scientific papers were published abroad! PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? The Soviet Parliament expressed its approval of the fall of President Ceauescu and sent to the Romanian people a special message of support proposed by President Gorbachev. CEAUSESCU: No one recognizes that. 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. Tax experts say the best it can do is withhold the penalty amount from any tax refund due. Not a single shot. 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 crimes against the people grew year by year. ELENA CEAUSESCU: The intelligentsia of the country will hear what you are accusing us of. Now we are making a last attempt. That is why the people are fighting all over the country. ELENA CEAUESCU: I will not answer. 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. Ceausescu relates his recent meeting with Dubcek in Prague in August 1968. We will speak only at the National Assembly, because we have worked hard for the people all our lives. 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. However, he had badly misread the crowd's mood. Do you want to sign this statement? 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. The History: Last Speech, Trial and Execution Decades of brutal oppression under the Ceausescu regime came to a head in Timisoara, earlier that same December. Two: Armed attack on the people and the state power, in accordance with Article 163 of the penal code. We live in a normal apartment, just like every other citizen. [1] The crowd, now totaling up to 80,000, were given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. For example,the administration recently issued a new list of prisoners to be released from Guantanamo, citing theirpractice of yogaas proof they had reformed. 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. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: You as officers should know that the government cannot give the order to shoot. I just couldnt convince myself to do it., He is not alone. I have nothing to do with them. PROSECUTOR: Let us now talk about the accounts in Switzerland, Mr. Ceausescu. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality The prosecutor quotes Ceausescu, Ceausescu's program. CEAUSESCU: No, we will not sign. ELENA CEAUESCU: Incredible. Elena says: Look, and that they are calling genocide. Romanian demonstrators gathered in front of the headquarters of the Romanian Communist Party in Bucharest during the 1989 anti-communist revolution, 22 December 1989. 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. Elena keeps whispering to him. PROSECUTOR: You claim to have taken measures so that every peasant is entitled to 200 kilograms of wheat. Only a president who is still confirmed in his position can demand to speak at the Grand National Assembly. These two defendants procured the most luxurious foodstuffs and clothes from abroad. You are guilty of these offenses even if you do not want to admit it. They are not only accused of offenses committed during the past few days, but of offenses committed during the past 25 years. 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. This is where President Ceausescu gave his final speech in December 1989, before fleeing Bucharest. The crowd, now totaling up to 80,000, were given orders on where to stand, when to applaud and what to sing. CEAUSESCU: No, we had no palaces. . Recent items of interest by Belmont readers based on Amazon click-throughs. CEAUSESCU: I will answer any question, but only at the Grand National Assembly, before the representatives of the working class. Free elections would be held as soon as possible, and independent media would be established. What about the accounts? Nicolae Ceauescu had been making speeches for over a couple of decades. Who pays them? 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. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize this court. Ti-mi-oa-ra!a chant that was soon picked up by others in the crowd. Teams of doctors with emergency medical supplies were being flown in from Geneva last night. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize this court. 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. Sections in italic type are from Austrian television comentary: NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I only recognize the Grand National Assembly. After an outage of transmission of Romanian television, the speaker announces the verdict in the trial of Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu is death sentence. CEAUSESCU: No, no. Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws. Who are these fanatics? The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. PROSECUTOR: This would serve your defense. The Times of Israel quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. 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. Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. 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. This shows again how false the charges are. PROSECUTOR: The people are fighting against you, not against the new forum. It can go on for a long time shedding parts, but eventually the axle falls out. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, the people are fighting for freedom and against the new forum. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Such impudence! 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 NICOLAE CEAUESCU: This is not possible at all. 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. Sections in italic type are from the austrian television comentary: NICOLAE CEAUSESCU: I only recognize the Grand National Assembly. Grandiose plans are announced, pivots are ordered, Red Lines are drawn, all manner of schemes are announced with a maximum of hoopla but everybody ignores it they know the latest fad will pass and the regime will Move On. The palaces belong to the people. No one wanted to do anything for you anymore. This shows how little patriotism there is, how many treasonable offenses were committed. Ceauescu was finally cornered in a small town, where he and his wife were subjected to a summary trial, taken out to the courtyard and shot. Why did you starve the people? Ceauescu answers: As I said before, the people are fighting for their freedom and against this putsch, against this usurpation. The destruction of buildings and state institutions, undermining of the national economy, in accordance with Articles 165 and 145 of the penal code. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer this question. 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. Only a few hours before the Genius of the Carpathians had been in apparently complete command. They organized the putsch. Within hours Ceauescu was beseiged inside the Central Committee building by irate crowds. A lie, a lie in my face. Military base Trgovite - December 25th 1989. 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. ELENA CEAUSESCU: What genocide? The English translation is by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. PROSECUTOR: Let us now talk about the accounts in Switzerland, Mr. Ceauescu. In response, the two laugh, and she says: We do not stay abroad. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I repeat: I am the president of Romania and the commander in chief of the Romanian army. The two defendants should also know that they are entitled to a counsel for defense, even if they reject this. I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. The Idiot Vote: The Democrats Core Constituency I will only speak at the Grand National Assembly. I guaranteed that every village has its schools, hospitals and doctors. I only recognize the working class and the Grand National Assembly no one else. PROSECUTOR: Who gave the order to shoot in Bucharest, for instance? You, as a scientist, did you know about it? Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: We will discuss this before the Grand National Assembly. You have destroyed the Romanian villages and the Romanian soil. Usurpers have been punished severely during the past centuries in Romania's history. CEAUSESCU: I repeat: I am the president of Romania and the commander in chief of the Romanian army. Who pays them? You have information about it. But those who shot at the young people were the security men, the terrorists. 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. O voce: Un pahar cu apa! 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. You should have stayed in Iran where you had flown to. I have no statement to make, and I will not sign one. We have sufficient data on this period. You should have stayed in Iran where you had flown to. Nicolae Ceauescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikola.e tea.uesku]; 26 January 1918 -- 25 December 1989) was a Romanian Communist politician. No one can deprive me of these functions. They used to fetch people from orphans' homes or from abroad whom they trained in special institutions to become murderers of their own people. PROSECUTOR: Note - He does not recognize the points mentioned in the bill of indictment. Everybody should be paid according to his performance. The prosecutor cites all academic titles she had always claimed to have. CEAUSESCU: No, the people are fighting for freedom and against the new forum. Why did you ruin the country so much: Why did you export everything? No, no, he says. The entire intelligentsia of the country ran away. Then follows the reading of the indictment. 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 great Ceauescu escape attempt came after it had become clear that most of the army had gone over to the people. The archive focuses largely on the period from 1965, when Romania was ruled over by the Ceausescus, until. And you might perhaps have achieved the understanding of the Romanian people if you had now admitted your guilt. PROSECUTOR: But not of our army, you are not the commander in chief of our army. All their property will be impounded. Lech Walesa has openly accused president Obama as unable to lead in world. 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. 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I do not recognize this court. You were the most important aide, the number two in the cabinet, in the government. A little noticed article in the, notes that Australia will support Japans effort to repeal its pacifist constitution. The story of Ceauescu's final speech is a textbook example. This source is a part of the The Romanian Revolution of 1989 teaching module. There is still shooting going on, the prosecutor says. They were given red flags, banners and large pictures of Ceauescu. Queen Victoria and Her Prime Ministers NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I do not recognize this court. Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu should be punished in a really legal trial. . PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? What prevents him from doing so? At the beginning, Ceauescu claimed that it is a provocation to be asked whether he was sick. It must be cleared up whether Ceauescu wants to, should, must or can answer at all. However, why are your programs not implemented? Are they the people, or are you paying them? They cultivated the soil in line with your orders and had nothing to eat. CHIEF PROSECUTOR: Esteemed chairman of the court, today we have to pass a verdict on the defendants Nicolae Ceauescu and Elena Ceauescu who have committed the following offenses: crimes against the people. They were not really interested in the people. 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.

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