Answer this question! What do you think? Watching the "Video of Ceausescu's Last Speech" on the Making the History of 1989 website, a speech which Nikolae Ceausescu made on 21 December 1989, I was curious to see what the disturbance was that so rattled Ceausescu because by the end of the speech it appears a semblance of order had returned. The Times of Israel quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. In 1947, we assumed power, but under completely different circumstances. 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. Just a genteel, inoffensive refusal from an old gent. 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. Elena answers: The intellectuals of this country should hear you, you and your colleagues. [1], His security guard appeared, disappeared and, finally, hustled Ceauescu off the balcony. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide or did you, as a chemist, only deal with polymers? I am talking to you as simple citizens at the least, as simple citizens, and I tell you: I am the president of Romania. PROSECUTOR: Will you sign the statement now or not? NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No one recognizes that. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, no. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: We will discuss this before the Grand National Assembly. CEAUSESCU: I will answer any question, but only at the Grand National Assembly, before the representatives of the working class. Dressed in a black Persian lamb hat with matching coat collar, Ceausesecu, 71, was . The prosecutor quotes Ceausescu, Ceausescu's program. You should have stayed in Iran where you had flown to. Ceausescu begins his address to the people as he had in years past but this year the tide turned. Tens of thousands of people gathered in the early hours in front of the Intercontinental Hotel in Bucharest, undeterred by armoured vehicles. Usurpers have been punished severely during the past centuries in Romania's history. This demonstrates their lack of understanding. The English translation is by the U.S. government's Foreign Broadcast Information Service. Storm Over The South China Sea The collapse of the narrative doesnt happen in a single big step, but through an accumulation of small, personal, often innocuous refusals. Here Nicolae Ceauescu steps in and defends her. I ask the chairman of the prosecutor's office to read the bill of indictment. They used to fetch people from orphans' homes or from abroad whom they trained in special institutions to become murderers of their own people. Here Nicolae Ceausescu steps in and defends her. All Rights Reserved. a silent falling away among American allies. After many people began to exit the square, Ceauescu shouted over the public address system for them to "remain seated". The story of Ceauescu's final speech is a textbook example. The workers were augmented by bystanders who were rounded up on Calea Victoriei. A caretaker government was announced within an hour of the dictators capture. The Securitate had hidden food reserves on which Bucharest could have survived for months, the whole of Bucharest. CEAUSESCU: I will not answer. PROSECUTOR: You have never been able to hold a dialogue with the people. And the next moment he was lying in the dust. 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. We want a legal trial. Not a single shot was fired in Palace Square. 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: 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 . Why did you ruin the country so much: Why did you export everything? They were even worse than the king, the former king of Romania. Military base Trgovite - December 25th 1989. What defamation, what provocations! Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. They are cowards. I just couldnt convince myself to do it., He is not alone. The prosecutor cites all academic titles she had always claimed to have. Workers from a Bucharest power plant started chanting Ti-mi-oa-ra! It gave no further details. 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. You should have stayed in Iran where you had flown to. How to Debate Leftists and Destroy Them: 11 Rules for Winning the Argument. They have lost all respect for their commander in chief. Thousands of workers were bussed into the square under threat of being fired. It is a historic time, given that no military member goes public to speak negatively about the ultimate commander. Quantum: Einstein, Bohr and the Great Debate About the Nature of Reality [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. I have nothing to do with them. This is a legal trial, and I honor them by defending them. Nicolae Ceauescu had been making speeches for over a couple of decades. You, as a scientist, did you know about it? PROSECUTOR: This would serve your defense. We must not allow the slightest impression of illegality to emerge. PROSECUTOR: Did you know about the genocide in Timisoara? 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. He was arrested and imprisoned multiple times. But who gave the order to shoot? PROSECUTOR: We have always spoken of equality. 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 have nothing to do with them. CEAUSESCU: You as officers should know that the government cannot give the order to shoot. No one can deprive me of these functions. No truth, no survival. Decembrie 25 1989 - Garnizoana Tirgoviste. The Idiot Vote: The Democrats Core Constituency Finally, I would like to refer once more to the genocide, the numerous killings carried out during the past few days. PROSECUTOR: Yes, but you are paying the mercenaries. PROSECUTOR: And who wrote the papers for you, Elena? Elena says: Look, and that they are calling genocide. Therefore, it is a mistake for the two accused to refuse to cooperate with us. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: I will not answer this question. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, we will not sign. No one can deprive me of these functions. The Securitate had hidden food reserves on which Bucharest could have survived for months, the whole of Bucharest. 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. He had been falling for a long time, and proved the last to know. 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. Ceauescu claims that the putsch was organized from abroad. A little noticed article in the Sydney Morning Herald notes that Australia will support Japans effort to repeal its pacifist constitution. PROSECUTOR: In all district capitals, which you grandly called municipalities, there is shooting going on. has openly accused president Obama as unable to lead in world. The two defendants should also know that they are entitled to a counsel for defense, even if they reject this. You are guilty of these offenses even if you do not want to admit it. Did you know that you can purchase some of these books and pamphlets by Richard Fernandez and share them with you friends? The people only received 200 grams per day, against an identity card. You need not admit your mistakes, mister. PROSECUTOR: The terrorists are from Securitate? You held monologues and the people had to applaud, like in the rituals of tribal people. Captive: My Time as a Prisoner of the Taliban His country passed from traditional monarchy to troubled democracy to royal dictatorship to military control to occupied territory. At that moment Elena says to Nicolae: Forget about them. And we will not betray our people here. ELENA CEAUESCU: How can one tell us something like this? And so should such reports chill one to the bone. We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws. 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. 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. It is surpassingly perilous not only for the country, but also for the ruler who relies on it. The defendant has not recognized us. No one can dissolve the National Assembly. Only the front rows supported Ceauescu with cheers and applause, with most of the crowd remaining impassive. You, as a scientist, did you know about it? Now we are making a last attempt. 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. 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. Transcriptul "procesului" Nicolae si Elena Ceausescu. Elena and Nicolae reject this. The destruction of buildings and state institutions, undermining of the national economy, in accordance with Articles 165 and 145 of the penal code. I guaranteed that every village has its schools, hospitals and doctors. ELENA CEAUESCU: Such impudence! The prosecutor says: The world already knows what has happened here. Tax experts say the best it can do is withhold the penalty amount from any tax refund due. Why did you starve the people? Share . At the moment the situation is rather uncertain. Centralized Information as Hayek points out, eventually becomes the Official Lie. 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. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: Is it possible that we are facing such charges? The Ceauescu administrations Prime Minister, Mr Constantin Dsclescu, and his government were said to have resigned. PROSECUTOR: Children cannot even buy plain candy, and you are living in the palaces of the people. But those who shot at the young people were the security men, the terrorists. 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. 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. CEAUSESCU: I repeat: I am the president of Romania and the commander in chief of the Romanian army. Thousands of workers were bused into the square under threat of being fired. 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. CHIEF PROSECUTOR: Esteemed chairman of the court, today we have to pass a verdict on the defendants Nicolae Ceausescu and Elena Ceausescu who have committed the following offenses: Crimes against the people. You see, there is no use in talking to these people. . 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. Teams of doctors with emergency medical supplies were being flown in from Geneva last night. I have observed that she is not even able to read correctly, but she calls herself an university graduate. In fact, his speech on August 21, 1968 in defiance of the military actions taken by Moscow and a few of her allies in Czechoslovakia roused quite a considerable amount of support for not only himself, but for the Patriot Guards as well. quotes Israeli oppositionists as accusing Benjamin Netanyahu of loathing Barack Obama so intensely it has endangering the Jewish states security. Fiction. In the second stage their edicts become unenforceable from sheer impracticability. Everybody should be paid according to his performance. Fanatics, whom you are paying. 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. A tyrant stops knowing the difference. Rebranding Christianity for $3.99, or why the truth shall make you free O voce: Un pahar cu apa! Do you want to sign this statement? ELENA CEAUSESCU: We will not sign any statement. I will not speak with you provocateurs anymore, and I will not speak with the organizers of the putsch and with the mercenaries. CEAUSESCU: I do not recognize this court. This shows how little patriotism there is, how many treasonable offenses were committed. As the other primary sources reveal, the Ceausescus were tried a few days later and executed as enemies of the new Romanian state. We have ensured an apartment for every citizen through corresponding laws. Workers from a Bucharest power plant started chanting "Ti-mi-oa-ra! PROSECUTOR: This situation is known. Ceauescu's speech of 21 August 1968 [English Subtitles] Transcrierea discursului lui Ceauescu: 01:08 Nicolae Ceauescu: Dragi tovari. However, why are your programs not implemented? Later reports suggested the couple had been captured. PROSECUTOR: Do you not know anything about the order to shoot? 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. ELENA CEAUSESCU: Incredible. But we are not talking about people. No, no, he says. I told you right at the beginning that I will not answer a single question. However, why are your programs not implemented? Furnish proof! 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. Plenara Comitetului Central al Partidului, Consiliul de Stat, Guvernul, repr. Almost none of the uninsured will end up paying the ObamaCare mandate penalty, according to an updated analysis by the Congressional Budget Office, which found that 87% will be able to claim an exemption. PROSECUTOR: Who gave the order to shoot in Bucharest, for instance? This was a coup d'etat. Have you understood them? What should he ask us? Nicolae Ceauescu (Romanian pronunciation: [nikola.e tea.uesku]; 26 January 1918 -- 25 December 1989) was a Romanian Communist politician. Sooner or later an administration neuters itself from sheer implausibility. You held monologues and the people had to applaud, like in the rituals of tribal people. 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. This speech was an annual event and carefully scripted by the regime to ensure both success and the appearance of popular support. PROSECUTOR: Nicolae Ceausescu should tell us why he does not answer our questions. Diane Dimond writes in Real Clear Politicsabout the low level grumbling that risen to detectable levels since the Bergdahl affair. Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway Another question to Ceauescu: Who ordered the bloodbath in Timisoara. The catastrophic situation of the country is known all over the world. You were so impertinent as to cut off oxygen lines in hospitals and to shoot people in their hospital beds. By the morning of 22 December, the rebellion had already spread to all major cities across the country. PROSECUTOR: Please, ask Nicolae and Elena Ceauescu whether they have ever had a mental illness. Stanley double-crossed Richard at the crucial moment. You were so impertinent as to cut off oxygen lines in hospitals and to shoot people in their hospital beds. The palaces belong to the people. Not a single shot was fired in Palace Square. As the crowd becomes more unruly, Ceausescu becomes more confused and he begins arguing with the unseen hecklers. The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. CEAUSESCU: 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. In 1947, King Michael showed more dignity than you. Richard is soon unhorsed on the field at the climax of the battle, and cries out, A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse! But wags through the ages have rewritten the lines perhaps less poetically, but more accurately as a hearse, a hearse, my kingdom for a hearse. That sad funereal vehicle is always drawn by teams of corrupt information. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: What? ELENA CEAUESCU: I will not answer. Ceausescu relates his recent meeting with Dubcek in Prague in August 1968. Romanian demonstrators gathered in front of the headquarters of the Romanian Communist Party in Bucharest during the 1989 anti-communist revolution, 22 December 1989. CEAUSESCU: We will discuss this before the Grand National Assembly. Elena and Nicolae Ceauescu should be punished in a really legal trial. Fanatics, whom you are paying. Frederich Hayek identified the primary reason why tyrants fall: they rely on the poisoned cup of centralized knowledge. Nobody has opened an account. Some people will continue to believe the narrative, but even among the acolytes, the fatal smoke of doubt has entered the temple. 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. At the moment the situation is rather uncertain. The bill of indictment contains the following points: Genocide, in accordance with Article 356 of the penal code. NICOLAE CEAUESCU: No, we had no palaces. This is not possible. PROSECUTOR: We have always spoken of equality. The prosecutor wants to find out on which basis the trial can be continued. Video of Ceausescu's Last Speech, December 1989 Annotation One of the most decisive moments in the Romanian Revolution of 1989 was Ceausescu's December 21st speech (or lack thereof). In response, Ceauescu raised his right hand in hopes of silencing the crowd; his stunned expression remains one of the defining moments of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe. ELENA CEAUSESCU: The intelligentsia of the country will hear what you are accusing us of. This is our home. 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. 105). . 20072021 Roy Rosenzweig Center for History & New Media Whatever the reason, the result is that the penalty will raise $27 billion less over the next decade than the CBO had originally expected. Copyright 2023 PJMedia.com/Salem Media. Answer this question! 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. PROSECUTOR: Whether you have ever had a mental illness. The day began as it ended with vehement anti-Ceauescu demonstrations. PROSECUTOR: We now have another leading organ.